Vancouver Zoo's new baby hippo !!??

[Shae]

from VHS

The Vancouver Province is asking for comments on the controversy over the
Greater Vancouver Zoo's acquisition of a new hippo. The hippo was acquired
despite the zoo's failure to build a long-promised new hippo facility. The
Vancouver Humane Society and Zoocheck Canada have called on the zoo to
transfer its hippos to a better facility elsewhere.

The Province story is at
http://www.canada.com/vancouver/thep...b-9ee9e4cffc20
(subscription). It asks for comments by:

Phone: 604 605 2029
Fax: 604 605 2099
Email: provletters@png.canwest.com
(First and last names must be spelled out and home town must be given.)

For additional coverage see Global story at
http://www.canada.com/vancouver/stor...4-20f2a436b73f

or view our website at:
http://www.vancouverhumanesociety.bc...october04.html

[Shae]

Pleased to report they printed my letter in the Vancouver Province paper regarding this baby hippo.
What the zoo is doing is so wrong...remember the 2 hippos that drowned b/c the ice cracked in their confined space? Disgusting. They had promised to make improvements to this area BEFORE acquiring any new hippos. They havent but oh, it's ok b/c they promise they will soon. ACK!!!!