ST. No one and heavy rains flooded Lake Superior Zoo Tuesday night, had realized that the polar bear, seal that had escaped from the zoo cajas.La flood response took hours - PAUL, Minnesota and left some residents wondering what was safe to leave their homes. Zoo guards did not know which flooded the premises until he received a call about the seal in the middle of the road nearby.
This is because, unlike the Minnesota Zoo and Como Zoo, Lake Superior Zoo has no security guards 24 hours a day, cameras or motion detectors. And the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which regulates zoos, does not require zoos to ensure security 24 hours a day. Duluth zoo officials said floods could have been foreseen and planned to install security cameras later this summer.