Cold, bad diet killed giraffe: BC | Kelowna.com

An animal autopsy indicated that lack of warmth and inappropriate diet likely killed one of two giraffes that died recently at Langley's Mountain View Conservation Centre, says the facility's veterinarian.

Two Masai giraffes, a six-week old and a young adult, died at the rare-species zoo within days of each other during an early December cold snap. The B.C. SPCA is investigating whether animal-cruelty charges should be laid.
... On Friday, Mountain View spokesman Malcolm Weatherstone referred questions on the giraffe deaths to Burton. He also said Mountain View has complied with all orders issued by the SPCA.

He said he did not want to comment on the issue of providing heat for the giraffes at Mountain View, except to say: "All I know is we've had giraffes for 10 years and there has never [before] been an issue."

Weather and Climate Through the Eyes of Mark Vogan: Cold Feeling on the I-95 and all the way down to Florida

Record lows are expected to continue for Florida and currently those numbers are dropping sharply across particularly north-central Florida. Windchills are as low as 17 and 18 degrees at Jacksonville and Tallahassee. Atlanta feels like 7 degrees and even New Orleans is shivering with 16-degree winbd chills at this hour.

Classical Values :: Death To Skeptics

And what about the industrial strength skeptics? Trials, then death.

Cold rain turns into ice; snow seen in Polk | NewsChief.com | News Chief | Winter Haven, FL

WINTER HAVEN - For the first time in 32 years, something other than rain fell from the sky Saturday.

Don't push us, China warns rich countries

BEIJING: China has no regrets over its abrasive negotiating tactics at the chaotic Copenhagen climate conference, and says that "the key lesson" for rich countries was that China would not be pushed around.