Mercedes the Polar Bear passes away at the Highland Wildlife Park

It was in the early 80's that Mercedes the female Polar Bear was helped with an overseas member of the Royal Zoological Society and the Mercedes motor vehicle group to move from Churchill, Manitoba, to...

Dining on Mercedes

Mercedes Polar Bear Feast Since there are competing stories today about Mercedes the Polar Bear, I think there is surplus sufficient to support dinner. Here is a recipe and if one bear is worth sacrificing, we can...

Mercedes the Canadian Bear meets Walker the Dutch Polar Bear

Mercedes the Canadian Polar Bear meets Walker the Dutch Polar Bear, Walker explores his new enclosure near Kincraig, Scotland. Images and text: Aaron Sneddon The "tunnel" or caged walkway between the former wolf...

Mercedes the Polar Bear to meet Walker the Polar Bear in Scotland

After travelling from Canada to Scotland many years ago, Mercedes has since settled into the Highland Wildlife Park near Kincraig Scotland, and Walker the Polar Bear has arrived from the Netherlands. Walker...

Dutch Polar Bear arrives in Scotland - Walker the Polar Bear

Aaron Sneddon First, one Polar Bear arrives in the UK, travelling to Edinburgh, then later to the Scottish Highlands, later another. A toy boy, perhaps a toy bear, following on from Mercedes the Polar Bear arrival...

Knut Gets an Italian girlfriend Gianna at the Berlin Zoo

Knut the polar bear, arguably the most famous polar bear in the world, is finally going to get some love, well hopefully anyway. His new girlfriend, Gianna, from a zoo in Italy, arrived at the Berlin Zoo today as a...

Zoos in court battle over Knut the polar bear

The case is still continue.......Last month a woman jumped into the polar bear enclosure at the zoo in the hope of being able to make contact with Knut. She was seriously injured after being mauled by another polar...

Woman mauled by polar bear at Berlin Zoo, but survives

A woman was mauled by a polar bear at the Berlin Zoo today when she jumped into their enclosure, and was only saved when zoo keepers managed to push one of the bears away. The 32 year-old woman jumped into the moat...

Coney Island Polar Bears - New Years Day

The Coney Island Polar Bear Swim Club  New Years Day Swim  was voted #1 by Reuters  by their Top Ten Travel Picks To Usher in The New Year (http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSTRE4BP19Y20081226)....

Polar bear sitting in tundra without snow - signs of global warming

A young polar bear is sitting in the brown arctic tundra in November. No signs of snow or ice in sight. Polar bears are coming to the waters edge in October/November near Churchill, Manitoba, Canada, waiting for...