"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Meerkats didn’t have rabies

BY DAVID HAWLEY AND MEGGEN LINDSAY
Minneapolis Pioneer Press

The five meerkats euthanized Thursday at the Minnesota Zoo tested negative
this morning for rabies, two days after one of them bit a child who
reached into their exhibit.

One of the animals bit a 9-year-old girl who had reached over a Plexiglas
barrier in an attempt to pet them.

The bite broke the girl's skin but did not result in a major injury, zoo
officials said. As a precaution, however, all five meerkats on display
were destroyed to be tested for rabies.

"It is our policy, always, to err on the side of safety," said Sue Gergen,
communications director for the zoo in Apple Valley.

Gergen said there was no way to determine which meerkat had bitten the
child, so all had to be destroyed and tested.

The child reportedly climbed up on simulated rocks to reach through a
small gap between a wall and the top of a Plexiglas window at the exhibit,
Gergen said. The area was posted with signs that told visitors to stay off
the rocks, she added.

Nonetheless, Gergen said the exhibit will be closed and evaluated for
public safety before it is reopened. The zoo has another troop of
meerkats, including some that were born in its own breeding program.

Gergen said the decision to euthanize the five animals was required after
the girl declined to undergo a six-shot series of injections for rabies.
The child's parents also do not want her treated unless it is necessary,
Gergen said.

The action also was required by Minnesota Department of Health rules,
Gergen added.

The girl and her parents were not identified.

Meerkats, which are native to arid regions in Africa, are burrowing
animals related to the mongoose. Energetic and inquisitive, they were
popularized by the hyperactive character Timon in the Disney animated film
"The Lion King." The Minnesota Zoo meerkat exhibit opened in 2001 and has
been a visitor favorite since among children.

"This was a very unfortunate thing, very sad," Gergen said. "I can't
remember the last time something like this has happened, and all of us
feel bad about it."

http://www.twincities.com/mld/twinci...s/15199813.htm


Should have euthanized the stupid kid. And her parents.


Why blame the kid? 9 year olds are hopefully inquisitive. The zoo should
make it so a kid can not reach in, and the parents ought to have to pay for
the breeding of 5 meer cats to replace the ones killed as they did not watch
their kid, or follow the rules.

On Wed, 09 Aug 2006 20:08:47 -0400, Harry Krause
wrote:

Calif Bill wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
. ..
Meerkats didn’t have rabies

BY DAVID HAWLEY AND MEGGEN LINDSAY
Minneapolis Pioneer Press

The five meerkats euthanized Thursday at the Minnesota Zoo tested negative
this morning for rabies, two days after one of them bit a child who
reached into their exhibit.

One of the animals bit a 9-year-old girl who had reached over a Plexiglas
barrier in an attempt to pet them.

The bite broke the girl's skin but did not result in a major injury, zoo
officials said. As a precaution, however, all five meerkats on display
were destroyed to be tested for rabies.

"It is our policy, always, to err on the side of safety," said Sue Gergen,
communications director for the zoo in Apple Valley.

Gergen said there was no way to determine which meerkat had bitten the
child, so all had to be destroyed and tested.

The child reportedly climbed up on simulated rocks to reach through a
small gap between a wall and the top of a Plexiglas window at the exhibit,
Gergen said. The area was posted with signs that told visitors to stay off
the rocks, she added.

Nonetheless, Gergen said the exhibit will be closed and evaluated for
public safety before it is reopened. The zoo has another troop of
meerkats, including some that were born in its own breeding program.

Gergen said the decision to euthanize the five animals was required after
the girl declined to undergo a six-shot series of injections for rabies.
The child's parents also do not want her treated unless it is necessary,
Gergen said.

The action also was required by Minnesota Department of Health rules,
Gergen added.

The girl and her parents were not identified.

Meerkats, which are native to arid regions in Africa, are burrowing
animals related to the mongoose. Energetic and inquisitive, they were
popularized by the hyperactive character Timon in the Disney animated film
"The Lion King." The Minnesota Zoo meerkat exhibit opened in 2001 and has
been a visitor favorite since among children.

"This was a very unfortunate thing, very sad," Gergen said. "I can't
remember the last time something like this has happened, and all of us
feel bad about it."

http://www.twincities.com/mld/twinci...s/15199813.htm


Should have euthanized the stupid kid. And her parents.


Why blame the kid? 9 year olds are hopefully inquisitive. The zoo should
make it so a kid can not reach in, and the parents ought to have to pay for
the breeding of 5 meer cats to replace the ones killed as they did not watch
their kid, or follow the rules.



Why blame the kid? Because at 9 the kid should have been taught "better."

Harry, read that again.
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"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Calif Bill wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Meerkats didn’t have rabies

BY DAVID HAWLEY AND MEGGEN LINDSAY
Minneapolis Pioneer Press

The five meerkats euthanized Thursday at the Minnesota Zoo tested
negative this morning for rabies, two days after one of them bit a child
who reached into their exhibit.

One of the animals bit a 9-year-old girl who had reached over a
Plexiglas barrier in an attempt to pet them.

The bite broke the girl's skin but did not result in a major injury, zoo
officials said. As a precaution, however, all five meerkats on display
were destroyed to be tested for rabies.

"It is our policy, always, to err on the side of safety," said Sue
Gergen, communications director for the zoo in Apple Valley.

Gergen said there was no way to determine which meerkat had bitten the
child, so all had to be destroyed and tested.

The child reportedly climbed up on simulated rocks to reach through a
small gap between a wall and the top of a Plexiglas window at the
exhibit, Gergen said. The area was posted with signs that told visitors
to stay off the rocks, she added.

Nonetheless, Gergen said the exhibit will be closed and evaluated for
public safety before it is reopened. The zoo has another troop of
meerkats, including some that were born in its own breeding program.

Gergen said the decision to euthanize the five animals was required
after the girl declined to undergo a six-shot series of injections for
rabies. The child's parents also do not want her treated unless it is
necessary, Gergen said.

The action also was required by Minnesota Department of Health rules,
Gergen added.

The girl and her parents were not identified.

Meerkats, which are native to arid regions in Africa, are burrowing
animals related to the mongoose. Energetic and inquisitive, they were
popularized by the hyperactive character Timon in the Disney animated
film "The Lion King." The Minnesota Zoo meerkat exhibit opened in 2001
and has been a visitor favorite since among children.

"This was a very unfortunate thing, very sad," Gergen said. "I can't
remember the last time something like this has happened, and all of us
feel bad about it."

http://www.twincities.com/mld/twinci...s/15199813.htm


Should have euthanized the stupid kid. And her parents.


Why blame the kid? 9 year olds are hopefully inquisitive. The zoo
should make it so a kid can not reach in, and the parents ought to have
to pay for the breeding of 5 meer cats to replace the ones killed as they
did not watch their kid, or follow the rules.

Why blame the kid? Because at 9 the kid should have been taught "better."

So you were perfect even at 9 years old?

"Calif Bill" wrote in message
nk.net...

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
. ..
Calif Bill wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
. ..
Meerkats didn't have rabies

BY DAVID HAWLEY AND MEGGEN LINDSAY
Minneapolis Pioneer Press

The five meerkats euthanized Thursday at the Minnesota Zoo tested
negative this morning for rabies, two days after one of them bit a
child who reached into their exhibit.

One of the animals bit a 9-year-old girl who had reached over a
Plexiglas barrier in an attempt to pet them.

The bite broke the girl's skin but did not result in a major injury,
zoo officials said. As a precaution, however, all five meerkats on
display were destroyed to be tested for rabies.

"It is our policy, always, to err on the side of safety," said Sue
Gergen, communications director for the zoo in Apple Valley.

Gergen said there was no way to determine which meerkat had bitten the
child, so all had to be destroyed and tested.

The child reportedly climbed up on simulated rocks to reach through a
small gap between a wall and the top of a Plexiglas window at the
exhibit, Gergen said. The area was posted with signs that told visitors
to stay off the rocks, she added.

Nonetheless, Gergen said the exhibit will be closed and evaluated for
public safety before it is reopened. The zoo has another troop of
meerkats, including some that were born in its own breeding program.

Gergen said the decision to euthanize the five animals was required
after the girl declined to undergo a six-shot series of injections for
rabies. The child's parents also do not want her treated unless it is
necessary, Gergen said.

The action also was required by Minnesota Department of Health rules,
Gergen added.

The girl and her parents were not identified.

Meerkats, which are native to arid regions in Africa, are burrowing
animals related to the mongoose. Energetic and inquisitive, they were
popularized by the hyperactive character Timon in the Disney animated
film "The Lion King." The Minnesota Zoo meerkat exhibit opened in 2001
and has been a visitor favorite since among children.

"This was a very unfortunate thing, very sad," Gergen said. "I can't
remember the last time something like this has happened, and all of us
feel bad about it."

http://www.twincities.com/mld/twinci...s/15199813.htm


Should have euthanized the stupid kid. And her parents.


Why blame the kid? 9 year olds are hopefully inquisitive. The zoo
should make it so a kid can not reach in, and the parents ought to have
to pay for the breeding of 5 meer cats to replace the ones killed as
they did not watch their kid, or follow the rules.

Why blame the kid? Because at 9 the kid should have been taught "better."

So you were perfect even at 9 years old?


Bite me.

Harry Krause wrote:
.... (father, mother, grandfather) would have been responsible for
keeping me from doing something idiotic.


Too bad they're not around to keep you from doing idiotic
things now; like feeding wild animals in your back yard.

DSK

Harry Krause wrote:
Ha! Some friend of my father's found two tiny raccoon kits while out in
the woods. Their mother was dead. He brought the kits to my father, who
bottle-raised them and built a substantial indoor-outdoor pen for them
at his store. They were pets for a number of years, and then spent their
retirement being spoiled at a petting zoo. The pair were terrific pets.
I used to take them on leashes to the beach, where they'd cavort on the
sandbars and in the little water channels that would form between them
at low tide. They were both house-broken, by the way. Never bit anyone.

One of our near-neighbors has an indoor pet fox. Great little pet.


So are the ones you are feeding in the yard pets, or are
they wild animals?

Whether you like it or not, agree or not, it has an idiotic
thing to do. It is harmful to the animals and risky for you.

DSK

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"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Calif Bill wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Meerkats didn't have rabies

BY DAVID HAWLEY AND MEGGEN LINDSAY
Minneapolis Pioneer Press

The five meerkats euthanized Thursday at the Minnesota Zoo tested
negative this morning for rabies, two days after one of them bit a
child who reached into their exhibit.

One of the animals bit a 9-year-old girl who had reached over a
Plexiglas barrier in an attempt to pet them.

The bite broke the girl's skin but did not result in a major injury,
zoo officials said. As a precaution, however, all five meerkats on
display were destroyed to be tested for rabies.

"It is our policy, always, to err on the side of safety," said Sue
Gergen, communications director for the zoo in Apple Valley.

Gergen said there was no way to determine which meerkat had bitten the
child, so all had to be destroyed and tested.

The child reportedly climbed up on simulated rocks to reach through a
small gap between a wall and the top of a Plexiglas window at the
exhibit, Gergen said. The area was posted with signs that told
visitors to stay off the rocks, she added.

Nonetheless, Gergen said the exhibit will be closed and evaluated for
public safety before it is reopened. The zoo has another troop of
meerkats, including some that were born in its own breeding program.

Gergen said the decision to euthanize the five animals was required
after the girl declined to undergo a six-shot series of injections for
rabies. The child's parents also do not want her treated unless it is
necessary, Gergen said.

The action also was required by Minnesota Department of Health rules,
Gergen added.

The girl and her parents were not identified.

Meerkats, which are native to arid regions in Africa, are burrowing
animals related to the mongoose. Energetic and inquisitive, they were
popularized by the hyperactive character Timon in the Disney animated
film "The Lion King." The Minnesota Zoo meerkat exhibit opened in 2001
and has been a visitor favorite since among children.

"This was a very unfortunate thing, very sad," Gergen said. "I can't
remember the last time something like this has happened, and all of us
feel bad about it."

http://www.twincities.com/mld/twinci...s/15199813.htm


Should have euthanized the stupid kid. And her parents.


Why blame the kid? 9 year olds are hopefully inquisitive. The zoo
should make it so a kid can not reach in, and the parents ought to have
to pay for the breeding of 5 meer cats to replace the ones killed as
they did not watch their kid, or follow the rules.

Why blame the kid? Because at 9 the kid should have been taught
"better."

So you were perfect even at 9 years old?


Bite me.


Dang Kevin. You need help!

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
. ..
DSK wrote:
Harry Krause wrote:
.... (father, mother, grandfather) would have been responsible for
keeping me from doing something idiotic.


Too bad they're not around to keep you from doing idiotic things now;
like feeding wild animals in your back yard.

DSK


Ha! Some friend of my father's found two tiny raccoon kits while out in
the woods. Their mother was dead. He brought the kits to my father, who
bottle-raised them and built a substantial indoor-outdoor pen for them at
his store. They were pets for a number of years, and then spent their
retirement being spoiled at a petting zoo. The pair were terrific pets. I
used to take them on leashes to the beach, where they'd cavort on the
sandbars and in the little water channels that would form between them at
low tide. They were both house-broken, by the way. Never bit anyone.

One of our near-neighbors has an indoor pet fox. Great little pet.

From the Maryland DNR

http://www.dnr.state.md.us/wildlife/feedingwildlife.asp

"Harry Krause" wrote in message


One of our near-neighbors has an indoor pet fox. Great little pet.

Does it behave like one would expect a dog to behave??

-W

JimH wrote:
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"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Calif Bill wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Meerkats didn't have rabies

BY DAVID HAWLEY AND MEGGEN LINDSAY
Minneapolis Pioneer Press

The five meerkats euthanized Thursday at the Minnesota Zoo tested
negative this morning for rabies, two days after one of them bit a
child who reached into their exhibit.

One of the animals bit a 9-year-old girl who had reached over a
Plexiglas barrier in an attempt to pet them.

The bite broke the girl's skin but did not result in a major injury,
zoo officials said. As a precaution, however, all five meerkats on
display were destroyed to be tested for rabies.

"It is our policy, always, to err on the side of safety," said Sue
Gergen, communications director for the zoo in Apple Valley.

Gergen said there was no way to determine which meerkat had bitten the
child, so all had to be destroyed and tested.

The child reportedly climbed up on simulated rocks to reach through a
small gap between a wall and the top of a Plexiglas window at the
exhibit, Gergen said. The area was posted with signs that told visitors
to stay off the rocks, she added.

Nonetheless, Gergen said the exhibit will be closed and evaluated for
public safety before it is reopened. The zoo has another troop of
meerkats, including some that were born in its own breeding program.

Gergen said the decision to euthanize the five animals was required
after the girl declined to undergo a six-shot series of injections for
rabies. The child's parents also do not want her treated unless it is
necessary, Gergen said.

The action also was required by Minnesota Department of Health rules,
Gergen added.

The girl and her parents were not identified.

Meerkats, which are native to arid regions in Africa, are burrowing
animals related to the mongoose. Energetic and inquisitive, they were
popularized by the hyperactive character Timon in the Disney animated
film "The Lion King." The Minnesota Zoo meerkat exhibit opened in 2001
and has been a visitor favorite since among children.

"This was a very unfortunate thing, very sad," Gergen said. "I can't
remember the last time something like this has happened, and all of us
feel bad about it."

http://www.twincities.com/mld/twinci...s/15199813.htm


Should have euthanized the stupid kid. And her parents.


Why blame the kid? 9 year olds are hopefully inquisitive. The zoo
should make it so a kid can not reach in, and the parents ought to have
to pay for the breeding of 5 meer cats to replace the ones killed as
they did not watch their kid, or follow the rules.

Why blame the kid? Because at 9 the kid should have been taught "better."

So you were perfect even at 9 years old?


Bite me.

Uh, oh, here he goes on one of his that-time-of-the-month bipolar
rants. Wonder how long this one will last before he ****es every single
person off here, then comes back acting like the sweetest poster in
rec.boats?!!