The polar bears Vera and Nanuq have left the Nuremberg Zoo. For visitors, however, there are three new animals to admire.
Nuremberg - There are changes in the polar bears at Nuremberg Zoo. As the city explains in a press release at the beginning of May, the polar bears Vera and Nanuq have moved to other zoos. In the future, visitors to the zoo of the Franconian metropolis will be able to see three young female polar bears.
- Vera has lived in the Nuremberg Zoo since 2004. Since 2 May, she has been living at the Hanover Adventure Zoo.
- Nanuq had been living in Nuremberg since 2019, and now the male polar bear has moved to Schönbrunn Zoo.
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"Then the new group is complete": Three new female polar bears at Nuremberg Zoo
New in Nuremberg is polar bear Nana. She had to leave Hanover because her mother no longer tolerated her there. Even in nature, the young animals stay with their mothers for about three years until they go their own way. In addition to Nana, three-year-old Finja is also new to Franconia, she came from Schönbrunn Zoo. In May, another female polar bear is to move in from a zoo of the European Association of Zoos and Zoos (EAZA) in Nuremberg. "Then the new group is complete," the city writes in the press release.
Female polar bear Finja in November 2021 at Schönbrunn Zoo in Vienna. Since May 3, 2023, Finja has been living in the zoo of the city of Nuremberg. © Daniel Zupanc / Schönbrunn Zoo
Polar bears in European zoos
43 zoos in Europe currently keep a total of 121 polar bears.
Within the framework of the European Endangered Species Programmes, the species is kept and bred in a scientifically coordinated manner within the European Association of Zoos and Zoos (EAZA) – with the aim of maintaining a healthy population outside its natural range.
Polar bears "symbol of the dramatic consequences of climate change and environmental destruction"
"In recent years, polar bears have become a symbol of the dramatic consequences of climate change and environmental destruction. In addition to rising temperatures, oil and gas production fields and the increasing spread of human settlements, among other things, threaten their habitat. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) estimates the population of wild polar bears at 20,000 individuals and classifies the species as endangered," the city concludes in the press release. (came)
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Shortly after her arrival from Hanover, femalepolar bear Nana explores her new enclosure in the zoo of the city of Nuremberg Luisa Rauenbusch / Nuremberg © Zoo
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