Police dog meets polar bear - "These are impressive pictures!"

Police dog Otto makes a special acquaintance at Ohio's Columbus Zoo.

Fascinated, he stops in front of the polar bear pool and makes a new friend.

Many zoos have dog-free zones.

In some zoos, however, the four-legged friends are not allowed at all.

However, the team at Columbus Zoo in the US state of Ohio made an exception for police and therapy dog ​​Otto.

He is even allowed into an area where not many dogs have been guests: to the polar bears.

One animal in particular appealed to him.

Impressive pictures are created, which the local police office shares on social networks.

Police dog meets polar bear - "These are impressive pictures!"

On its Facebook page, Delaware County posted four photos taken during a special visit to Ohio's Columbus Zoo.

Together with his owner Deputy Cox, the police and therapy dog ​​Otto went into an underground passage.

They could watch the polar bears swim through the huge glass panes of the pool.

"It looks like therapy K9 Otto has a new friend," writes the police department.

And indeed: The therapy dog ​​seems to find Lee the polar bear so exciting that he can't take his eyes off the pane.

Even when the huge animal swims over his head, he sits calmly.

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Police dog meets polar bear - and touch their noses on the window

And polar bear Lee also finds the animal guest outside his tank quite interesting.

Curious, he swims down to the dog Otto, so that they end up standing nose to nose in front of each other.

Only the window separates the two new friends.

"Many thanks to the Columbus Zoo and Ashley for the entertaining day and the great photos," says the zoo enthusiastically.

The Delaware Area Career Center student, who attends the zoo's technical apprenticeship program, previously interviewed Deputy Cox for her thesis.

Police dog meets polar bear – people on the internet are thrilled

In the wild, polar bears live between 25 and 30 years.

At 23, Lee is almost one of the seniors, as the British newspaper

reports.

The white bear is obviously always available for new acquaintances.

The people on the Internet are also enthusiastic about the unusual encounter between the police dog and the polar bear.

Just like from the footage of a GoPro camera that a bear finds in the forest.

Below the Delaware County photos, they comment:

• "So sweet!"

• Unbelievable!

  😍"

• "These are impressive pictures!"

• "Nose poke ❤️"

• "This is so adorable.

  🥰”

• “I love this picture, the animals' love for each other is so beautiful.

  🐾🐾🐾❤️❤️”

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