Baffin the polar bear dies at the Calgary Zoo

The Wild Canada area astatine nan Wilder Institute Calgary Zoo was closed Friday aft 1 of nan zoo’s 2 polar bears, Baffin, did not resurface from nan excavation and died.

Jamie Dorgan, nan zoo’s interim main executive serviceman and main operating officer, said nan 2 bears were sparring astir 11:30 a.m. — which he called normal behaviour — erstwhile Baffin went into nan excavation and didn’t resurface.

The zoo has 1 different polar bear: a 2nd antheral named Siku. Both bears arrived astatine nan zoo past October. Dorgan said Siku was moved distant and Baffin was pulled retired nan pool, astatine which constituent unit confirmed he had died.

The assemblage has been taken distant and a necropsy will beryllium performed.

The zoo held a 4 p.m. news convention to stock much details. More to come…

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