Maryland Zoo Says Goodbye To The Polar Bears, Neva & Amelia Gray

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The 2 young polar bears that presently telephone the Maryland Zoo location volition soon beryllium relocated to habitats that volition amended acceptable their needs arsenic they grow, the zoo announced Monday.

The bears, half-sisters Neva and Amelia Gray, arrived astatine the zoo successful Baltimore astatine astir two-years-old, and present they are nearing five, a clip experts accidental is simply a captious signifier successful their development. The bears are splitting up for facilities that amended acceptable their needs.

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Amelia Gray volition beryllium relocated to the Oregon Zoo successful Portland, wherever she’ll beryllium with her six-year-old half-sister.

“Amelia Gray is much cautious of her surroundings and needs much clip to measure each of the input she receives from her environment,” said McClure. “She besides seems to bash good having clip unsocial to assistance her decompress from tons of stimulus. Oregon’s caller Polar Passage situation has respective antithetic areas and volition beryllium capable to supply her with her ain abstraction arsenic needed and opportunities for continued socialization.”

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The much assured Neva is moving to an unspecified zoo, wherever she volition yet beryllium paired with a antheral carnivore to mate with.

“Neva has experience being astir a antheral since she had a member to vie with who was astir doubly her size, and she is much assertive successful her behavior,” continued McClure.  “Neva tends to solicit enactment from Amelia and we felt she would beryllium much comfy engaging with a antheral which would apt pb to much palmy breeding.”

The zoo said the bear’s docket astatine the Polar Bear Watch volition beryllium sporadic arsenic they hole for the large move. The grounds volition present beryllium solely for grizzly carnivore cubs Nova and Nita, orphans expected to stay astatine the Maryland Zoo for life.

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CBS Baltimore Staff