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Topic started on 8-2-2011 @ 04:10 AM by ~Lucidity

35 zoo animals freeze to death in northern Mexico

news.yahoo.com

Serengeti Zoo owner Alberto Hernandez says 14 parrots, 13 serpents, five iguanas, two crocodiles and a capuchin monkey died. He said Saturday that power failures cut off electrical heating at the zoo in the town of Aldama.

Temperatures have dropped to 9 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 13 Celsius) in the area, the coldest weather in 60 years.

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reply posted on 8-2-2011 @ 04:10 AM by ~Lucidity

Sad that these poor animals who have to live in captivity can't even rely on their human keepers to provide them with the warmth they need to stay alive.

Regardless of whether negligence is ultimate deemed to have contributed to the animals' deaths or not, such an incidence raises concerns as the the quality of protection being offer to zoo animals throughout the world, particularly as weather extremes become an all too frequent occurrence. [From Additional News Link]

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reply posted on 8-2-2011 @ 04:12 AM by MeSoCorny

That's so sad.

The local zoo here is in serious hot water because 17 animals have died recently. A pregnant snow leopard was left out in the cold and some of the animals weren't fed for days due to no one being scheduled. It's so awful that these people take these animals out of their homes and then don't properly take care of them. It sickens me.

reply posted on 8-2-2011 @ 04:16 AM by ANClENT

poor monkey i heard animals were freezing to death in mexico from alex jones earlier on his radio show

reply posted on 8-2-2011 @ 04:18 AM by ~Lucidity

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Sorry to hear about the animals in your state (Tennesee?) too. Incredibly sad. At least in the wild, in their natural habitat, they have a fighting chance and if they do die, at least they die free.

I hate zoos.

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Wow...Jones actually mentioned this?

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reply posted on 8-2-2011 @ 04:22 AM by ANClENT

Originally posted by ~Lucidity
reply to post by MeSoCorny

At least in the wild, in their natural habitat, they have a fighting chance and if they do die, at least they die free.

I hate zoos.

reply to post by ANClENT

Wow...Jones actually mentioned this?
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yes he did, basically his entire show was on weather and chance of major pole shift in the near future

reply posted on 8-2-2011 @ 04:35 AM by MeSoCorny

Originally posted by ~Lucidity
reply to post by MeSoCorny

Sorry to hear about the animals in your state (Tennesee?) too. Incredibly sad. At least in the wild, in their natural habitat, they have a fighting chance and if they do die, at least they die free.

I hate zoos.

Yep, TN. It's horrible. It's been all on the news with the director shrugging it off as if it's not a big deal at all. She claims that it is just disgruntled former employees trying to stir up trouble. Irregardless animals have died because of an obvious lack of care. It's crap.

In all this snowpocalypse stuff I am worried about the animals who have to say outside.

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reply posted on 8-2-2011 @ 04:40 AM by ~Lucidity

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Not a big deal? Maybe we should lock her up in a cold cage?

Snowpocalypse. And even more on the way (www.abovetopsecret.com...). At least this story getting out might alert some zoos that haven't "thought" about this. Sigh.

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reply posted on 8-2-2011 @ 08:42 AM by ~Lucidity

Guess this wasn't technically "breaking" news.