Como Zoo celebrates 2 polar bear birthdays on same day
The snowy weather was perfect for not one, but two polar bear birthdays Tuesday at Como Zoo in St. Paul, Minnesota.
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The snowy weather was perfect for not one, but two polar bear birthdays Tuesday at Como Zoo in St. Paul, Minnesota.
The snowy weather was perfect for not one, but two polar bear birthdays Tuesday at Como Zoo in St. Paul, Minnesota.
If you're staying in town for MEA, how about a trip to Como Zoo? Photojournalist Joe Mears introduces us to a big bear, ready to make her big debut.
"If you want to lock eyes with a bear, you've got to make your way to Churchill," said John Gunter, CEO of Frontiers North, a tourism company.
Since WCCO first visited Churchill in 1993, the polar bear population here has been cut in half, according to estimates shared by Polar Bears International.
Churchill, Manitoba, a small village on the Hudson Bay, is known as the polar bear capital of the world.
After a summer of fasting on land, the bears need to get back to their frozen home to hunt seals and bulk up. But their migration ritual is changing.
As sea ice continues to vanish amid rising global temperatures, the photographer of the powerful moment said he hopes it "inspires hope": "There is still time to fix the mess we have caused."
Rampant avian flu that has impacted millions of birds in the U.S. has now killed a polar bear for the first time ever recorded.
