Calgary stingray deaths won't stop Toronto exhibit

The Globe and Mail 05/17/2008 07:56
Calgary stingray deaths won't stop Toronto exhibit


A scaled-back version of a stingray exhibit at the Toronto Zoo will open today despite the deaths of 40 of the aquatic creatures at a similar display in Calgary.



Visitors will not be allowed to touch the animals at the Toronto Zoo's Stingray Bay exhibit, but they can view them and take part in controlled feedings.

The Calgary Zoo has asked police to help investigate the deaths of its stingrays.

Cynthia Shipley of the Toronto Zoo says its exhibit is being scaled down because the spectre of poisoning has been raised in Calgary, and the zoo wants to take every precaution.


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