Exotic Incident #1821
Incident Date:
09/02/2012
Location:
Tucson, AZ - USA
Facility Name:
Reid Park Zoo
Facility Type:
Accredited AZA Facility (AZA)
Incident Category:
Animal Death (AD)
Species:
Bears
Animal:
Polar Bear
Animal disposition:
Dead
Summary:
Snow, the popular polar bear who was half of the oe-time Denver Zoo brother-sister duo of Klondike and Snow, died at the Tucson’s Reid Park Zoo of unknown causes. The park administrator said she was fine the day before and seemed to have died in her sleep. Snow had been at the Tucson Zoo since Feburary. An autopsy is being performed to determine the cause of death.
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