WEM gives lions seal of approval

[Table 5]

I guess WEM didnt learn their lesson after all their dolphins started dying one after another from "mysterious causes". Now they are bringing in sea lions...

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2...681126-cp.html

Ugh.

but the good news is:

" Mall officials have said they'd like to have a zoo in the shopping-entertainment complex by early 2005. Don Ghermezian, president of Triple Five Corp., said he plans to acquire lion cubs, bear cubs, zebras, small elephants and sea lions for a mall display."

[calf]

I remember hearing officials saying that 'these lions were born and bred in captivity, so it's not that bad'. Looks like this, and their strategy to get more animals, is a way to make the impossible possible - making WEM more tacky

[MrMastodonFarm]

Originally posted by Table 5@Oct 24 2004, 12:43 PM
. Now they are bringing in sea lions...

Me thinks those things will be out of the mall within a year. And not because people will realize that Edmontonians shouldn't get their culture from a mall but because Sea Lions are loud! Those things are going to bark and bark and bark. Store owners near the "exhibit" are going to lose it within a couple of months.

[RougeUnderoos]

Ahh yes, nothing like an indoor zoo to clear the sinuses.

"Hey Gerry, your new jacket smells like bear sh*t".

"Yeah, the bear cage is next door to the Boutique of Leathers".

[browna]

Sounded like they "snuck" them in too...gee, wonder why.

If there is a fascination to watch animals flail around in water, turn around and walk 50 ft to the Waterpark viewing area.

[MrMastodonFarm]

Originally posted by browna@Oct 24 2004, 10:16 PM
Sounded like they "snuck" them in too...gee, wonder why.

I don't know if they snuck them in at all. I watched a Global News report on them moving the Sea Lions into WEM. They couldn't have been that secretive if they let a camera crew follow them around.

It is alot easier to crate a bunch of live animals around in the morning with no one around then in hte middle of the day with a bunch of Edmontonions pee'ing on themselves.

[snowdude]

yet another reason i need to get out of this city......