Tulsa Zoo reviewing cold weather procedures | KJRH.com

Tulsa Zoo officials are waiting on test results after a giraffe died Sunday morning.

The cold weather is suspected to have killed Amira, who recently arrived from California.
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Amira and Samburu, a 17-year old male giraffe, had been staying in a 24 foot barn since Christmas, when temperatures became too cold to be outside. The giraffes aren't allowed outside if it drops below forty degrees.

Canada: Giraffe killed by cold

A combination of cold weather and an improper diet killed at least one of the two giraffes that died suddenly at Mountain View Conservation Centre in Fort Langley last month.

What Would Failure to Combat Climate Change Quickly Mean?: Scientific American

BOULDER, Colo. – Turns out climate [hoax] policy has some tipping points.

Pelicans killed by extreme cold; some may have huddled together to stay warm | Alabama

Most of the dead animals were pelicans, though a few least terns died as well, according to officials.

The Press-Register has also received reports of fish kills, primarily involving mullet, in Dog River and Halls Mill Creek. Fish kills have occurred around Mobile Bay during extreme cold weather several times in the last 10 years.

Hot Air » Blog Archive » Plug in cars won’t pay off for consumers for 15 years

The Obama administration wants to push plug-in electric cars as a means of saving energy, even while it contemplates burdening electricity producers with heavy penalties for using coal and other fossil fuels. That would increase the cost of driving, but even without that kind of price pressure on energy, plug-in cars would be a bad bet for consumers. The extra costs of the batteries alone will take 15 years to pay off from any savings on gasoline, according to the Detroit News