South Africa: Jo'burg Bids Farewell to Its Lone Polar Bear

Yesterday Wang the polar bear passed away at the Johannesburg Zoo. AAISHA DADI PATEL met his keeper, carnivore curator Agnes Maluleke, to hear more about Africa's last polar bear.

"He weighed more than 300kg but he never used it to intimidate people. He never scared anyone off. He would come and look at you and enjoyed interacting with people," Agnes Maluleke told me as she stood atop a boulder in the enclosure where Wang lived. Nearby there is a hammock, a jungle gym and a watery moat where Wang once played.

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