http://tinyurl.com/5c8ck

Good news!

http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20050114/1019987.asp:

"A decade ago, she recalled, the male gorilla at Franklin Park Zoo in Boston was led in to say goodbye to his longtime partner who had died of cancer. Her illness hadn't been outwardly apparent, so her mate wasn't prepared for her death.

'He was howling and banging his chest,' Fernandes recalled. 'And he picked up a piece of her favorite food - celery - and put it in her hand and tried to get her to wake up. I was weeping, it was so emotional.'"

http://tinyurl.com/5h7cg

We bid farewell to the 34 whales who passed away in North Carolina in January of 2005.

http://www.kolnkgin.com/home/headlines/1354921.html

[note: Zippy and Crunch will be handling all animal memorial posts]

We bid farewall to seven Lady Gray's waterbucks and two sandhill cranes who passed away on Saturday, January 15, 2005, at Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo.

http://tinyurl.com/6kcoj

Bob and Ray and their sea critter families wish to extend their condolences to all who have suffered in the recent tsunami disasters. Our thoughts, prayers and good wishes are with you all. "May the gods stand between you and harm in all the empty places you must walk."