Subj : Strange a bit
To   : Mike Powell
From : Ardith Hinton
Date : Wed Oct 30 2024 23:36:10

Hi, Mike!  Recently you wrote in a message to ARDITH HINTON:

 MP>  in 2017, I visited White River, Ontario, the town where Winnie
 MP>  was found.  The bear was named after the hometown of the
 MP>  Canadian cavalry Captain who adopted the orphan bear in 1914.
 MP>  It became the mascot for their brigade while they were stationed
 MP>  in England, and was left at the London Zoo when the Captian was
 MP>  shipped off to France.

 AH>  Okay... so the original owner was in military service, then had
 Ah>  to find another home for this critter when he got transferred.

 MP>  I think he was the original "known" owner.  He got the bear from
 MP>  the local who had originally found it.


           I figured that was what you meant, but I probably should have asked.

           Usually when we speak of adopting an animal somebody intends to give it a permanent home & whoever had been looking after it was unwilling or unable to continue doing this on a long-term basis....  :-)




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