Columbus Zoo mourns loss of polar bear
by 614now Staff
April 26, 2017
Right on the heels of three polar bear cubs being introduced, a 29-year-old male polar bear named Nanuq was put down this morning at The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium.
A medical exam revealed that he had liver cancer.
Nanuq lived a full life, exceeding the media age of male polar bear life expectancy by over eight years. In his life time, he was a world traveler; first being rescued from Alaska, then traveling to Wisconsin, then Buffalo, then his final resting place, Columbus.
“It is always a difficult time when we lose an animal, especially one as beloved as Nanuq,” said Columbus Zoo and Aquarium President and CEO Tom Stalf.
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