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Tuesday 5 August 2008

Polar Bear Alert. Part Two

Churchill Manitoba
I went to the zoo yesterday to see Debby. I assume issuing a media release about her health just before a long weekend is the city's way of saying that someone will be seeing the v-e-t on Tuesday morning

Assiniboine Park Zoo
Debby the Polar Bear
Debby the Polar Bear
Debby the Polar Bear

Debby was the star attraction, as usual. Lots of people and their kids were there to take a last picture. She was slow, a little drooly and unsure of some of her steps. You could tell that the end is coming.

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When Debby passes on to that big ice floe in the sky these will be the only polar bears you will see at Assiniboine Park Zoo - the 'Churchills' that have been there for years asking people to contribute so that the zoo can be improved for, well, polar bears.

Update: Debby was put down on November 17, 2008, just weeks shy of her 42nd birthday.

Polar Bear Alert
Part One
Part Two


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