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The zoo had previously stated that they were seeking another orphaned polar or brown bear cub to raise alongside Flocke in order to improve her development. [4] On 8 April 2008, Flocke made her first public appearance in the polar bear enclosure that had once been home to Vilma; the adult polar bear had been relocated to another zoo.
In February 1979, young polar bear twins (Nuka, a female, and Siku, a male) joined Binky in his enclosure. [11] [12] Binky got along poorly with Siku, however, so Siku was given to a zoo in Morelia, Mexico, in 1981. [13] [14] As a full-grown bear, Binky weighed 1,200 pounds. [12] He was an aggressive bear; in 1980, he bit off a zoo employee's ...
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A man has been seriously injured after trying to prevent a polar bear from attacking his wife in northern Ontario, Canada. On Tuesday, Dec. 3, before 5 a.m. local time, an adult male and an adult ...
The polar bear entered the tent camp and attacked the woman, Norway officials said.
Part of Inuka's enclosure in 2015. In 2006, it was revealed that the Singapore Zoo had contacted Polar Bear International Studbook keepers based in Rostock Zoo in Germany to have Inuka included in the list of bears available for transfer as part of an "animal exchange programme", such that Inuka would be moved to a zoo in Europe when his mother passes on.
The bear then attacked the male, causing serious but non-life-threatening injuries to his arm and legs," police said. During the attack, a neighbor with a gun arrived at the scene to rescue the ...
In 1938, Kulhanek was a witness to an incident at Brookside Zoo where Judy Zemnick, another WPA artist, was pulled into a polar bear enclosure and clawed. Kulhanek and another artist called for help and tried to drive the bear away from Ms. Zemnick. [3] The incident received extensive press coverage at the time and for two years following.