  Angry_dad Member Username: Angry_dad Post Number: 79 Registered: 02-2006 Posted From: 152.163.100.8 |
Just posing a question. I realize that the Detroit Zoo no longer has elephants. Can somebody stir my memory about where they went? I caught a report of an elephant by the name of "Winky" that attacked and killed a zookeeper recently. Correct me if I am wrong but weren't the Detroit elephants named "Winky" and "Wanda"? | ||
Blessyouboys Member Username: Blessyouboys Post Number: 505 Registered: 07-2005 Posted From: 69.209.175.149 |
wanda/winky (Message edited by blessyouboys on July 22, 2006) | ||
Angry_dad Member Username: Angry_dad Post Number: 80 Registered: 02-2006 Posted From: 71.227.48.51 |
http://us.video.aol.com/video. index.adp?mode=2&guideContext= 65.491&pmmsid=1679854 It's an AOL video feed, link may or may not work | ||
Kathleen Member Username: Kathleen Post Number: 1436 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 69.14.122.57 |
Not our Winky!! "Winkie, a female Asian elephant who had a difficult and sometimes violent stay at Henry Vilas Zoo, killed a handler on Friday and injured a trainer at a private elephant sanctuary in Tennessee. ..." Full details at: http://www.madison.com/tct/new s/index.php?ntid=92030&ntpid=0 | ||
Livernoisyard Member Username: Livernoisyard Post Number: 1140 Registered: 10-2004 Posted From: 69.242.223.42 |
The Vilas Park Zoo is by Lake Wingra, about 1 1/2 miles from the State Capitol and very near the University of Wisconsin-Madison--and close to where I lived/worked for 27 years. A really nice zoo actually. It also had a "killer" polar bear there too, but he usually ate the ducks that ventured too close. He was shot to death by the cops when some mentally-retarded guy got inside his space sometime during the 1990s. The letters to the editor in the two dailies generally wished the guy was shot, instead. Here's a blurb about other Winkies. | ||
Angry_dad Member Username: Angry_dad Post Number: 81 Registered: 02-2006 Posted From: 71.227.48.51 |
Just wanted to be sure it wasn't the Detroit Winky. I'm sure Fox "News" would have spread as much fear and terror as posible if it was. (Message edited by angry dad on July 23, 2006) | ||
Exmotowner Member Username: Exmotowner Post Number: 28 Registered: 06-2005 Posted From: 66.179.93.98 |
Just heard on Nashville Radio that the Winky that killed the handler here in Tennessee (Howenwald TN) will not be put down. This was a special request by the handler. She had said if anything were to ever happen to her, the animal(s) should not be harmed. Im sure they will take a lot more percaution with all the elephants now. | ||
Big_daddy Member Username: Big_daddy Post Number: 4 Registered: 11-2004 Posted From: 216.216.61.68 |
Went to the Detroit Zoo yesterday. What a waste of $75.50. $11.00x4 $44.00 admission $5.00 parking and $26.50 food. After spending 20 minutes in line to see the polar bears, there weren't any. Zip Zero Nada. plus there was only 1 seal swimming around. Give me the old the exhibit. Atleast we could see the animals. If I wanted to see animal in there "natural habitat" I would go to Alaska. The same goes for the monkey exhibit. Couldn't see a one. Nothing. Again, If I wanted to see monkeys doing their thing in their "natural setting" I'd go to Africa. Most of the other animals were so far away you'd need a telescope to see the darned things. Give me Toledo Zoo. The apes are right up close as are the monkeys and other animals. Seriously, these animals are not endangered and are there for our enjoyment. What enjoyment is there if you can't see the animals. What? the animals may not be happy in small cages? There freaking animal. | ||
Alsodave Member Username: Alsodave Post Number: 741 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 208.49.95.12 |
^^Moran^^ | ||
Pam Member Username: Pam Post Number: 306 Registered: 11-2005 Posted From: 67.107.47.65 |
Big Daddy sounds like a Pacy clone. Go in the winter if you want to see the Polar bears being more active. | ||
Focusonthed Member Username: Focusonthed Post Number: 394 Registered: 02-2006 Posted From: 209.220.229.254 |
I think Big_daddy is PacyPacy or whatever. | ||
Detroitteacher Member Username: Detroitteacher Post Number: 243 Registered: 06-2006 Posted From: 152.163.100.8 |
Quote: Seriously, these animals are not endangered and are there for our enjoyment. Perhaps someone stick you in a cage for their enjoyment? |
