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Mogo Zoo Bears Move Out
01-03-2008

I'm not sure if I'm repeating this but Mogo Zoos bears haved moved out for retirement with another bear in a 2.5 acre exhibit. Yep, Mogo Zoo sent it's two Brown Bears to CWSR. At the empty bear enclosure is a sign saying, we have moved to Cairns, as well as being informed by staff that bear talks will not be held and the reception staff writing moved to cairns on the park maps. Ibelieve this is a good thing for the bears, but am interested in what you have to say, the bear talk at Mogo last time I was there was great and something I was hoping to show my nieces and nephews this week. Any thoughts.

01-03-2008

CWSR only had 1 bear left, and article i read said he thought all his x-mas's came at once with 2 new additions- Mogo i will say will be joining the sun bear race.

01-03-2008

i think i mogo was to acquire sun bears it would be amazing, giving us 5 Australian zoos plus Alma if you count them participating in the program. a good thing overall. and the enclosure at Mogo is passable

02-03-2008

Tough on the old bears however.
While it's good that they are all going to be kept together, Cairns is a stinkin' hot place in summer and Brown bears (as cold weather animals) would find the climate quite horrible. That's one way to kill them off quick!

(Sorry if I sound bitter and twisted - it's just that Brown bears, being reasonably hardy animals, have never had a fair go in Australia, always been kept in sub-standard pits etc. Now they are on the way out, unlamented by everyone except me.)

02-03-2008

Wow; having re-read my rant above, I wonder what a psychiatrist would make of it?
Probably tell me that I'm missing my teddy-bear.

Ara's Teddy @ 4.50am!
02-03-2008

At that hour of a Sunday morning you won't find a psychiatrist to analyse you!

I agree though - going to be a bit of a sudden climate change for the bears.

However, the Perth bears made the move OK and Jenny Jatke has a great team in place now which paved the way for a smooth transition of these bears from Mogo.

02-03-2008

It was a 36 hour road trip i read, and the mogo bears are young- only 14!

02-03-2008

Steve - I can't help it if I'm an early riser!

(I had a tough upbringing. They sent me to a child psychiatrist, but the kid didn't help me at all!)

02-03-2008

The bears are doing fine up in Cairns - air-conditioned dens and all- and it was a tough decision for Mogo to let them go as they were very well loved. It would be great to have sun bears in their place, but are all aware (or should be) that it isn't as easy as putting an order in and waiting for delivery.

03-03-2008

the mogo (now cairns) bears are the cubs of the melbourne bears are they not?

03-03-2008

yes they are. I think they were the result of an unplanned pregancy. Dumped at Mogo because melbourne didn't want them.

03-03-2008

they were an unplanned birth, I don't know if they were 'dumped' but Mogo seems to be a place for animals from Melbourne.

03-03-2008

"dumped" might not be the right word, but for a while Mogo seemed to recieve alot of old and unwanted Taronga and Melbourne animals. I think the tapirs were unwanted Melbourne animals. And some of the older cats such as the snow leopards came from Taronga. Correct me if I am wrong. ( I know I will be corrected, regardless)

03-03-2008

That was also over 10 years ago when the bears went to Mogo.

03-03-2008

the tapirs also came from melbourne (damn it, bet they wished we had em back now the malayan is permanently off display!) but i'm not sure what else the zoo here have sent them.