On 13/07/07, Paul Tansom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> How about avoiding the whole pros/cons of zoos issue and adopting a wild
> penguin? Somthing like this:
>
> http://www.seabirds.org/
>
> To me that is far more in keeping with the Ubuntu ideals than a captive
> penguin, whatever anyone personal
** Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-07-11 19:28]:
> On Wed, 2007-07-11 at 18:05 +0100, Matthew Larsen wrote:
> > > I contacted my local zoo (http://www.marwell.org.uk/) last summer
> > > regarding adopting a penguin. Sadly they do not allow naming and it
> > > seemed that the begin was not 'you
On Thu, 2007-07-12 at 23:43 +0100, Matthew Larsen wrote:
> TBH I'm starting to go off the naming idea, I just feel its 'wrong' to
> name a penguin like that. Imagine if microsoft adopted a giraffe say
> and called it Vista.
I really don't think the Giraffe would know or care.
:)
Cheers,
Al.
s
TBH I'm starting to go off the naming idea, I just feel its 'wrong' to
name a penguin like that. Imagine if microsoft adopted a giraffe say
and called it Vista.
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Dudley Zoo does penguins for
£30:http://www.dudleyzoo.org.uk/youAndTheZoo2.htmor a corporate
sponsorship:http://www.dudleyzoo.org.uk/youAndTheZoo3.htmThey seem to be open
to naming aswell, aslong as there's some money involvedJay
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> Marwell Zoo have Gibbons that are adoptable. They have a summer
>
>
Put me down for £50 if this particular idea gets moved forward.
Nik
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On Wed, 2007-07-11 at 18:14 +0100, Dave Murphy wrote:
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> We've got three months to find a Gibbon...
> --
Done.
Marwell Zoo have Gibbons that are adoptable. They have a summer
'promotion' on of being able to adopt the family of 4 Gibbons for £250 -
or £50 individually. This would get a name
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Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Adopt a Penguin
On Wed, 2007-07-11 at 19:22 +0100, Alan Pope wrote:
> Hi Matthew,
>
> On Wed, 2007-07-11 at 18:05 +0100, Matthew Larsen wrote:
> > >
> > > I contacted my local zoo (http://www.marwell.org.uk/) last summer
On Wed, 2007-07-11 at 19:22 +0100, Alan Pope wrote:
> Hi Matthew,
>
> On Wed, 2007-07-11 at 18:05 +0100, Matthew Larsen wrote:
> > >
> > > I contacted my local zoo (http://www.marwell.org.uk/) last summer
> > > regarding adopting a penguin. Sadly they do not allow naming and it
> > > seemed that
I went to Bristol Zoo a while ago, and they have gibbons and penguins.
They also have a page about adopting, although they say that you're
not picking an individual but contributing towards the species.
See the page here:
http://www.bristolzoo.org.uk/unique_gifts/adoption
Hwyl,
Neil.
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ah, no worries
On 11/07/07, Matthew Larsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > They have a few.
> >
> > http://gallery.popey.com/gallery/MarwellAugust2005/dsc01624
> >
>
> Now they are some cute penguins...
>
> Dave, what do you mean by release animal?
>
> Cheers
>
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>> [E
>
> They have a few.
>
> http://gallery.popey.com/gallery/MarwellAugust2005/dsc01624
>
Now they are some cute penguins...
Dave, what do you mean by release animal?
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On Wed, 2007-07-11 at 18:28 +0100, Nicholas Butler wrote:
> > We've got three months to find a Gibbon...
> >
>
> I really like this idea I just wonder if Tim Brooke Taylor would be
> available as well
Perhaps they could re-issue the Stanley Stamps Gibbon Catalogue.
Norman
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Hi Rob,
On Wed, 2007-07-11 at 19:17 +0100, Rob Beard wrote:
> Dave Murphy wrote:
> > On Wed, 2007-07-11 at 17:52 +0100, Matthew Larsen wrote:
> >> Hey all
> >>
> >> Rob Beard suggested in a thread about adopting a penguin at a zoo, and
> >> I personally think its a fantastic idea! Thus I started t
Hi Matthew,
On Wed, 2007-07-11 at 18:05 +0100, Matthew Larsen wrote:
> >
> > I contacted my local zoo (http://www.marwell.org.uk/) last summer
> > regarding adopting a penguin. Sadly they do not allow naming and it
> > seemed that the begin was not 'yours' for life; only 'rented' :(
> >
>
> Marw
Dave Murphy wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-07-11 at 17:52 +0100, Matthew Larsen wrote:
>> Hey all
>>
>> Rob Beard suggested in a thread about adopting a penguin at a zoo, and
>> I personally think its a fantastic idea! Thus I started this thread to
>> garner interest and maybe actually do it, what's everyon
> We've got three months to find a Gibbon...
>
I really like this idea I just wonder if Tim Brooke Taylor would be
available as well
Nik
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On Wed, 2007-07-11 at 17:52 +0100, Matthew Larsen wrote:
> Hey all
>
> Rob Beard suggested in a thread about adopting a penguin at a zoo, and
> I personally think its a fantastic idea! Thus I started this thread to
> garner interest and maybe actually do it, what's everyone's views?
It's a great
Of course, Google leads us straight to the options:
http://www.zsl.org/shop/london-zoo-adoptions/adopt-a-rockhopper-penguin-at-london-zoo/product.html
for a more corporate approach (probably overkill for these purposes) there's
always ZSL Corporate:
http://www.zsl.org/info/corporate/
A
On 7/11/
>
> I contacted my local zoo (http://www.marwell.org.uk/) last summer
> regarding adopting a penguin. Sadly they do not allow naming and it
> seemed that the begin was not 'yours' for life; only 'rented' :(
>
Marwell is your local zoo? No way used to be mine too (when I was in
the marvellous worl
On Wed, 2007-07-11 at 17:52 +0100, Matthew Larsen wrote:
> Hey all
>
> Rob Beard suggested in a thread about adopting a penguin at a zoo, and
> I personally think its a fantastic idea! Thus I started this thread to
> garner interest and maybe actually do it, what's everyone's views?
>
> I was thi
Hey all
Rob Beard suggested in a thread about adopting a penguin at a zoo, and
I personally think its a fantastic idea! Thus I started this thread to
garner interest and maybe actually do it, what's everyone's views?
I was thinking we could adopt it and call him/her 'ubuntu' instead of
tux (tux j
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