Polar bear at Calgary Zoo died by drowning following 'crushing' injury
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Published 2024-07-23
The zoo said seven-year-old Baffin had been sparring with eight-year-old polar bear Siku in the pool in their enclosure on Friday, but went under the water and failed to resurface.
On Monday, following a necropsy, the zoo announced Baffin died by drowning following a "crushing injury to his trachea" by Siku during the "rough play."
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All Comments (13)
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If they cannot afford $30 security cameras to monitor the enclosures and pools of such valuable animals , then the Calgary Zoo should NOT be allowed to have wildlife . Period .
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No surprise there. Why was he even in captivity?
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The Calgary zoo is a misery for animals.
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Rough play? Sounds more like foul play! It was Siku in the pool with the trachea bite.
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Oh no 😢
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Doesn’t belong in your zoo he belongs in the wild where he can breed with other bears and repopulate something besides your pens
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Polar bears play? Or fight?
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and they will try to justify zoos.
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You bringing him here killed him,ignorant beyond belief
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Murdered whit his bear hands
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Sooooo sad
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That was nice to hear the poor polar bear Sorry to hear that Me
