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Polar Bear Moat Incident
28-10-2008
I remember reading about this situation two weeks ago, and now that the polar bear has remained in the narrow moat for a fortnight it is beginning to make the zoo look ridiculous. It isn't the first time that it's happened in Milwaukee, and it's startling how often animals either fall or climb down into moats and then getting the creatures back into their exhibit space becomes an ordeal for the zoo.
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#2
28-10-2008
Moats are usually trying to be replaced from what I can see with new exhibits, usually with height elevation around the edges, there was an incident about a baby elephant Bo Gyi got pushed into the moat by his father, it actually broke most likely its back and had to be put down, there also was another incident of a gorilla and a human child,
So in general I think moats aren't a great idea, poor polar bear!! |
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#3
28-10-2008
There are several moated exhibits (at least in US zoos) that have ramps leading in/out from the moat giving the animal access to the moat and a way to get out.
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#4
28-10-2008
So, it's the bear still in the moat?
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#5
28-10-2008
Yep!
Zoo tries to fish out polar bear with crane - JSOnline According to this article from today, the bear has the means to leave the moat by himself up has refused to do so. |
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#6
28-10-2008
According to the article, the exhibit does have steps so the bear could get back into the exhibit. I thought he fell and there was no way for him/her to get out.
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#7
31-10-2008
Bear was finally immobilized and taken out of the moat.
The Associated Press: Wis. zoo hoists out polar bear that fell into moat |
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#8
31-10-2008
Well that's good news hopefully he will return back to normal in no time, I presume that he was really confused during the whole time,
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#9
31-10-2008
I heard about it on the news yesterday and today.
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#10
31-10-2008
To help you visualize it all, here is a picture of the exhibit I took six weeks ago.
Moat to left of where bear is. On opposite side of moat is seal exhibit. Pool has underwater viewing area. |
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#11
01-11-2008
Thanks for the photos! The habitat appears to be atrocious, as it is a wall of concrete that looks nothing like an Arctic tundra as yet again bears at a zoo have been shafted in terms of exhibit design. At least the Detroit Zoo has raised the bar in terms of polar bear enclosures, and yet no zoo has since followed their example.
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#12
01-11-2008
Well, after all, that exhibit is over 40 years old!
We'll see what their new hippo exhibit will be..... |
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#13
01-11-2008
Not a pretty sight, that exhibit. I guess the poor bear simply thought "I may as well stay in this moat"?
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#14
01-11-2008
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I belive he was making a concious decsion not to return!
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14-11-2008
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