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By The Canadian Press
CALGARY — A culinary crisis has been avoided at the Calgary Zoo which was facing a bamboo shortage for its four giant pandas.
The pandas, which staff admit are picky eaters, munch on about 1,200 kilograms of bamboo a week.
WINNIPEG — First responders rescued a dog from chilly water after it fell through thin ice at a local park on Tuesday.
The dog was in the Kilcona Off-Leash Dog Park just before 7:30 a.m. when it fell through the ice. Rescuers located the pooch about 18 metres from shore and used an inflatable water rescue boat to reach it.
If you’ve already started your Christmas shopping, a new calendar could be on the list for dog lovers.
The Winnipeg Police Canine Unit and their K9 companions are featured in the 2020 Canine Unit Calendar.
By The Canadian Press
WINNIPEG — A Winnipeg man whose security video caught a police dog doing its business on his back driveway says officers should have made a better effort to clean it up.
Randy Evanchow found the mess early Sunday morning, and he says his wife initially blamed him for not cleaning up after the couple’s two small dogs.
By The Canadian Press
CALGARY — A giraffe that was born at the Calgary Zoo less than a week ago died on Friday night, the organization announced on Facebook.
In a post on Saturday, the zoo said a male calf born last Sunday to Emara, an eight-year-old Masai giraffe, passed away overnight.
By The Canadian Press
KENORA, Ont. — A Winnipeg man says he is lucky to be alive after suffering severe bites from a bear that attacked him three times near his cottage in northwestern Ontario.
Dave Schwab, who is 69, says he was finishing his walk near Kenora last Thursday when he spotted a black bear about 100 metres ahead of him in some bushes.
By The Canadian Press
CALGARY — Staff at the Calgary Zoo have adopted an extraordinary measure in an effort to ensure a pregnant giraffe becomes a mother for the first time.
Emara, a Masai giraffe, is expecting for the fourth time, but her previous pregnancies ended in two miscarriages and the death of a third calf with severe birth defects.
A child has died after being attacked by several dogs near Gods Lake in northern Manitoba.
RCMP say the two-year-old boy was located a short distance from his home on Monday afternoon. He was found in a wooded area with serious life-threatening injuries and pronounced deceased.
Red pandas will be the stars at Assiniboine Park Zoo this weekend.
In honour of International Red Panda Day on September 21, the zoo is holding special events all weekend long surrounding the cuddly-looking species.
By The Canadian Press
CALGARY — The Calgary Zoo’s newest king penguin chick is already growing strong thanks to lots of parenting from a pair of male king penguins.
Four-year-old Arthur and 17-year-old Nero have been sharing the responsibilities of incubating, feeding and protecting the zoo’s new addition, which hatched two weeks ago.
