zoos – Eye on the Arctic

Mary Lu, one of the Alaska Zoo's Bactrian camels, in her enclosure on Thursday. The zoo's keepers have had a hard time keeping the enclosure safe for her, with warm weather and freezing rain making the pen very icy. (Loren Holmes / Alaska Dispatch)

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Weather takes a toll on wildlife, environment in Alaska

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Monday, February 3, 2014 at 11:05
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Anchorage’s soggy and warm winter has been tough on Knobby, a Bactrian camel at the Alaska Zoo, among other animals.

A three-year-old polar bear named Storm who attacked a man in Churchill in September now lives at Winnipeg's Assiniboine Park Zoo. (Assiniboine Park Conservancy)

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Polar bear captivity rules loosened in Manitoba, Canada

The Canadian Press
Posted: Tuesday, November 12, 2013 at 15:20
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Manitoba, Canada is being criticized for making it easier to take polar bears from the icy shores of Hudson Bay