Here is an interesting article from BBC News Online that was passed on to me by a zoo member. Scientists think they have resolved one of the most controversial environmental issues of the past decade: the curious case of the missing frogs’ legs. Around the world, frogs are found with missing or misshaped limbs, [...]
Archive for June, 2009
28 Jun
Fun Animal Fact Cards Now Online
The Zoological Society’s Education Department created a wonderful set of 16 trading cards, each with a different fun animal fact in 2008. These cards were handed out to kids throughout the summer of ‘08 and then (as a full set) to teachers who took part in a program at the Zoo Education Centre. These cards [...]
28 Jun
Plastic in our Oceans
Please reduce your plastic use, for the sake of the animals and the earth.
The Garbage Patch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnUjTHB1lvM
World’s Biggest Garbage Dump: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxNqzAHGXvs
Ocean of Plastic: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPBO-c5GMDQ
Not happy about how we’re treating our earth, our oceans and the animals that live in them? Take a deep breath and watch the Earth breathing…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYhgqbcYDFM
20 Jun
New Zoo Geocaches Launched
The Zoological Society of Manitoba and the Manitoba Geocaching Association will be hosting their second annual “Geocaching the Zoo” event tomorrow, June 21, 2009. The weather forcast looks fantastic for a stroll with the family through the zoo to find our 8 new caches. Each cache is themed around the Zoo Education Centre’s current education [...]
20 Jun
Assiniboine Park is a Birder’s Paradise
If you’ve spent any time in the Assiniboine Park or Assiniboine Forest before, you know that birds are some of the most prolific of park users. But it’s only when you begin to compile a list of all the types of birds that can be found in the park that you realize that you’ve stepped [...]
20 Jun
Eco-Friendly Zoo Initiatives
The Zoological Society’s Education Department has been busy promoting Mission Big Foot, as part of our commitment to the “Year of the Carbon Footprint” in 2009. A big part of our messaging this year includes ways in which people can reduce the size of their carbon footprints, i.e. their big feet. We also want to [...]
19 Jun
$180 million dollar park makeover
The Assiniboine Park Conservancy (www.assiniboinepark.ca) has just embarked on a new $180 million dollar fund raising campaign for the Assiniboine Park and Zoo, over the next 10 years.
From the Winnipeg Free Press:
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/10-million-makeover-48598107.html
http://www.winnipegsun.com/news/winnipeg/2009/06/19/9849501-sun.html
From the Winnipeg Sun:
http://www.winnipegsun.com/news/winnipeg/2009/06/19/9862476.html#/news/winnipeg/2009/06/19/pf-9853126.html
19 Jun
New Vision for Assiniboine Park and Zoo announced
Details unveiled for zoo makeover
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/Details-unveiled-for–48611302.html
Information, which can be found at www.assiniboinepark.ca, on the Assiniboine Park Conservancy’s new plans for the Assiniboine Park Zoo…
ASSINIBOINE PARK ZOO
The Assiniboine Park Zoo of tomorrow will keep what is good from the old zoo and create something dramatically new and exciting. While the uncluttered, park-like atmosphere of the Zoo will [...]
8 Jun
The Animals Save the Planet
I realize that these have been out for awhile but they’re brilliant!
If you’d like more information on reducing your carbon footprint,
visit www.planetpartnership.com and take the training!
Enter this password: rfapz25
You will be supporting the Zoological Society of Manitoba
Enjoy these Animal Planet video messages…
The Animals Save the Planet – Supermarket Bags
The Animals Save the Planet – Polar [...]
8 Jun
Baikal Arrives
A new male Siberian tiger, named Baikal, arrived at the Assiniboine Park Zoo this past weekend to replace our current male, named Fedor. Fedor was originally brought in from the Calgary Zoo to mate with Kendra, here on long-term loan from the St. Louis Zoo. Unfortunately, Fedor never took a liking to Kendra and they [...]
