7-year-old polar bear Baffin died by drowning due to injuries from rough play with enclosure mate Siku at Calgary Zoo.

7-year-old polar bear Baffin died by drowning after being injured during rough play with his enclosure mate, Siku, at Calgary Zoo, necropsy reveals. Baffin and Siku were transferred from Winnipeg's Assiniboine Park Zoo and were in a new polar bear habitat in a redeveloped area at Calgary's zoo. The zoo's animal health team and an independent pathologist completed a necropsy on Baffin.

July 23, 2024
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