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Columbus What are you doing today? - a poll

Sep. 19, 2009

Categorized in: Polls and quizes

Tagged with: buckeye, columbus, columbus zoo, delaware county, worthington

Columbus what are you doing today?

Lots to do. We are hoping to get to the Santa Maria and Independents Day.

Talk Like a Pirate Day - Santa Maria

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Columbus Zoo's Director Emeritus

Dec. 27, 2007

Categorized in: Events & Places

Tagged with: columbus zoo

"Should animals be caged? "

Jack Hanna, the Columbus Zoo's Director Emeritus (at least I think Hanna is still the Columbus Zoos Director Emeritus, a Columbus Dispatch article refers to him as the former director, which he is...) was on Good Morning America today along with Adam Roberts the Senior VP pf Born Free. I turned on the TV this morning just as Good Morning America (do not watch GMA usually) hae Adam Roberts Senior VP of Born Free and Jack Hanna on to answer the question of "Should animals be caged?"

Passionate arguments! Roberts angered Hanna right off the bat by lumping zoos and circuses together and by saying... and I am paraphrasing here ... 'Zoos are not educational.'

I have to agree with Jack Hanna that the Columbus Zoo is educational. I know I have learned more about conservation visiting the Columbus Zoo than I have anywhere else. I don't think looking at videos online or watching a television show could have the same effect, for me personally.

Of course this is all related to the tragedy at the San Francisco Zoo on Christmas Day. It seems there has to be more to the story, the Columbus Dispatch says:

Did fatal tiger escape have human help?

"One zoo official insisted the tiger did not get out through an open door and must have climbed or leaped out. But Jack Hanna, former director of the Columbus Zoo and a frequent guest on TV, said such a leap would be an unbelievable feat, and "virtually impossible."

"Hanna predicted other U.S. zoos would reassess their tiger enclosures if it turns out the tiger was able to leap out. He said he never before heard of a zoo visitor being killed by an animal."

"The San Francisco Zoo is as an accredited member in good standing of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums."

Hanna referred to Zoos as "Zoological Parks" through out the interview... and was obviously perturbed by Roberts assertions that Zoos are not educational or 'humane. '

The Associations of Zoos and Aquariums... statement about the tragedy at the San Francisco Zoo...

There is a search for which zoos are accredited by the A.Z.A. I looked for all the Zoos I could remember visiting in Chicago, Milwaukee, Madison WI, San Diego, Columbus (Ohio of course) and Wilmington Delaware. I have been to one Zoo that is NOT accredited but I wondered about more... of course it has been years since I have been to some of the zoos... what I am remembering may not resemble conditions for animals at those zoos today at all....

Columubus Zoo

Copyright 2007 Discover Columbus and Maureen McCabe

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Columbus Zoo - Wildlights

Nov. 13, 2007

Categorized in: Events & Places

Tagged with: central ohio, christmas, columbus oh, columbus zoo, holiday, wildlights

mittens and cocoa Columbus Zoo's Wildlights 2007 starts on November 16 and runs through January 2, 2008.

Pictures with Santa, Santa Paws (December 8, 2007), ice skating, Wildlights Model Train Railway (bigger for 2007... 40% bigger?), reindeer and more.

Calendar of Columbus Zoo Events

Columbus Zoo - 9990 Riverside Dr, Powell, OH 43065 - Map If it has been awhile since you've been to the Zoo, the entrance has changed but it is well marked.

Is it time for Christmas music? Poll

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Central Ohio Events through Sunday September 9, 2007

Sep. 6, 2007

Categorized in: Events & Places

Tagged with: clintonville, columbus zoo, delaware, events, franklin park conservatory, powell

Experience Columbus Look at Experience Columbus for things going on this weekend. The list below barely scratches the surface. Most but not all of these are on the ExpeienceColumbus.com site. There's lots to do throughout Central Ohio this weekend including:

The Food and Wine Affair is Friday night at the Franklin Park Conservatory

It's First Friday in Delaware

The Reynoldsburg Tomato Festival started on September 5th. Admission is Free

The Best of Fall Home Show runs September 7 - 9 at the Ohio Expo Center

The Central Ohio Rose Society Fall Show is at the Franklin Park Conservatory Sunday.

Shadowbox Cabaret at Easton: Haunted House Party starts tonight and runs through early November

The Rwandan Fete at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium raises funds for Partners in Conservation

Via Colori in the North Market and surrounding streets is Saturday and Sunday, I believe

The All Horse Parade Delaware County Fairgrounds through Historic Downtown Delaware on Sunday 3 to 5

Community Day - Columbus Museum of Art Kicking off the September 09, 2007 through November 25, 2007 Exhibit: Stories From The Somali Diaspora: Photographs by Abdi Roble

Powell Antique Street Market Throughout Powell ... This is a three time per year opportunity.

Sunday September 09, 2007 is Second Sunday at Kelton House: Trails of Hope at Kelton House Downtown Columbus

The "big bugs" sculptures are still at Inniswood Metro Garden in Westerville.

I'm fed up with doing links. No more stinking linking on event posts on Discover Columbus. The links are or are not available on the Experience Columbus site. There is usually more info on each event at Experience Columbus.

An event that I do not find on the Experience Columbus site is The Clintonville Home Tour on Sunday September 9, 2007. Its the 25th Annual Clintonville Home Tour Sunday and a preview Gala Saturday Night.

The University of Akron Zips play the OSU Buckeyes on Saturday....

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