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The 1960s saw significant additions, including a gibbon and monkey house, a snow leopard, and another orphaned polar bear cub. The polar bear enclosure was renovated in 1967, adding an upper story and two more orphaned cubs. In 1968 and 1969, the Tropical House, Native Animal Exhibit, and a new south gate were added. [1]
Gus (1985–August 27, 2013) was a 700-pound (320 kg) [1] [2] polar bear and icon of the Central Park Zoo in New York City. [3] His exhibit was visited by over 20 million people during his lifetime. [3] [4] He came to public notice in the 1990s, when he began swimming obsessively in his pool for up to 12 hours a day.
The zoo closed from 1978 to 1980 to undertake an upgrade project. A children's nature center was added, as well as a naturalistic polar bear exhibit, a boardwalk through a wetlands area, and a North American bison exhibit. In the 1980s, a South American Pampas exhibit and a lemur exhibit were built. In 1986, the zoo's old stable/barn - which ...
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The splash park was the first phase of the Glacier Run area to open, which features polar bear exhibits modeled after the town of Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. [8] The Splash Park closed in 2022 due to reconstruction of the drainage mat and reopened in April 2023.
Originally, in the late 1990s, polar bears were part of the San Diego park's exhibit; however, shortly after one polar bear was shipped to the Pittsburgh zoo for breeding, their last remaining polar bear died suddenly. With no remaining polar bears, they chose not to continue featuring the animals. The polar bears' enclosure had featured an ...
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