Necropsy Confirms Polar Bear Death Was Tragic Accident During Rough Play
Necropsy results of Friday’s polar bear death were released by the Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo earlier today. A necropsy completed by an independent wildlife pathologist, in conjunction with the zoo’s Animal Health team, confirmed that 7-year-old male polar bear ‘Baffin’ died by drowning, following a crushing injury to his trachea by 8-year-old male polar bear, ‘Siku’, sustained during rough play.
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