Kevin Graff wrote:
I was at the zoo this summer and spoke to the curators. They said they 
had never had
an escapee from the aviaries. That they would be burned in effigy.

FWIW
Gayle

Gayle Bach-Watson
Mt. Airy, Maryland  USA




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>The only zoo I knows that have Silver Gulls was at
>National Zoo in D.C.  Few years ago, they have largest
>collection and now just a few.   Someone mention few
>year s back that one of the Silver Gull escape from
>that zoo.  Not sure if it is true. 
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>    Kevin Graff
>    Jarrettsville, MD & Ocean City, MD
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