16-Year-Old Polar Bear, Kobe, Dies At Lincoln Park Zoo All Rights Reserved. Troopers are continuing to make efforts to fly to Wales today, he said. [30], One noted resident of the exhibit was R1 (or Reptile One) the dwarf crocodile, who was seventy years old when he died in 2010, having lived within the zoo's Reptile House (now Park Place Caf), the Regenstein Small Mammal-Reptile House, and finally, Regenstein African Journey throughout his life.[31]. Scientists warned in 2020 that polar bears could become nearly extinct by the end of the century if global warming continued unabated. The birds that will live there are native to the southern tip of Africa and will be able to handle the temperate Chicago weather in the outdoor exhibit, zoo officials said. The bears' apparent chemistry is a welcome sight for Lincoln Park Zoo, which saw its fair share of polar sadness last year shortly after a different female bear, Kobe, joined Siku in February 2017. The worst-case scenario, of course, is that a human gets injured or killed by a polar bear. BIG is Not Soft Anymore! A historic zoo landmark first built in 1912, the Kovler Lion House building stands at the heart of the zoo near its entrance, and has housed a variety of big cat species over the years, most notably many lions as well as Siberian tigers, which inhabited two grottos on the northern exterior of the building, each having access to multiple indoor areas alongside the interior main hall, and a glass window viewing areas on the end of each grotto for guests to get a closer view. [14] The zoo's great apes were moved to the Lester E. Fisher Great Ape House in 1976, named for the zoo's outgoing director, and the original Primate House was later renovated and reopened in 1992 as the Helen Brach Primate House, featuring more naturalistic settings. All Rights Reserved. Polar bear research has been conducted for. The number for the Visitors Center is 312-742-2355. You can call the Zoo to see if it is scheduled for the day of your visit. We spent less than 2 . Polar bear kills woman, boy in remote Alaska village. The huge bear lumbered to the edge of the pool, crashed into the water and paddled by, its creamy yellow-white fur . 2009, Polar Beartext: On April 13, 2009, a woman jumped a fence at the Berlin Zoo, entering the polar bear enclosure during feeding time. Theres always something fun to do at the zoo. Worried park officials had already rung emergency services when they saw the man sitting on the wall - and so police quickly arrived on the scene and fired a bullet at the bear's chest.
