What's in a Name? Apparently, lots. mLive reports that after two of the Detroit Zoo's baby wolverines were given nicknames of Sparty & Bucky by a zookeeper (MSU grad), some UM fans and zoo backers threatened to reduce donations and sponsorship. The babies are significant as both captive (77 total) & wild wolverine populations are dwindling and the zoo has changed their names to Tamarack and Tilia (Michigan Trees). Read Michigan faithful pressure zoo to rename young wolverines from mLive.com Detroit Zoo web site Posted/updated Jun 15, 2005 by Andrew McFarlane (Absolute Michigan) click to Send This Story to a Friend! Main Michigan News Page Go Back One Page

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