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More than 8500 people voted in a competition to name the latest Grevy’s Zebra foal to be born at Toronto Zoo in Canada.
The youngster, born on December 1 to Jake and Tori, has been given the name “Poe”.
Poe was chosen through online voting from a list of four preselected names, in keeping with the zoo’s tradition of naming Grevy’s zebra offspring after
Star Wars-inspired names. Previous zebra foals have been named Luke, Leia, Rey and Obi.
Poe weighed 52.1kg at birth and he is the fourth foal from Tori, who is 10, and the fifth for Jake, who is 13. Poe has been born as part of the Grevy’s Zebra Species Survival Plan (SSP), and will help to increase Jake’s underrepresented genetics within the population.
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It saddens me to hear selfish and arrogant snowbirds claim they somehow deserve to be exempt from COVID public health regulations or guidelines.
Firstly, the non-essential travel restriction guidelines have been in place for months. You chose to fly south to escape winter in the middle of a pandemic. Common sense dictates that you better be prepared for “some inconveniences” related to your decision to ignore guidelines and travel anyway.
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Secondly, the travel policies are not in effect to limit your personal freedom. They are in place to protect the public by limiting the spread of COVID.
North American animal sanctuaries serve a sad, but necessary role Animal sanctuaries across North American bat cleanup after exotic animals must be rescued from unaccredited zoos or people who think it would be cool to have one as a pet
Author of the article: Dana Gee
Publishing date: Feb 24, 2021 • March 3, 2021 • 3 minute read • This is Toka he used to live in the Toronto Zoo before he found a much larger home at the Performing Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) in California. Photo by Courtesy of PAWS /PNG
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