Bactrian camels from Winnipeg Zoo off to Calgary

The Winnipeg Assiniboine Park Zoo's three female Bactrian Camels are being sent to the zoo at Innisfail, Alberta, where Kleaver, their male Bactrian camel is anxiously awaiting his harem . The hope is to mate and reproduce the wild bactrian camels in captivity

http://winnipegsun.com/News/Winnipeg/2006/12/11/2736877.html

From the article "The Zoo has maintained Bactrian Camels since 1961, during which time two other males, Buddy and Ringo, sired 18 offspring. The Assiniboine Park Zoo is the only zoo in North America, and one of the few in the world, to display all six members of the camel family. Well-adapted to the cold, all six species are on display everyday throughout the winter. "




for more info on the critically endangered wild Bactrian camel visit
www.wildcamels.com