Albino Black Bear - Greater Vancouver Zoo

Spring 2006. The world's only captive albino black bear.

Albus, the albino black bear, died recently and so the zoo can no longer promote itself as having a one-of-a-kind animal.

is this still true of March 2017?

@drill The bear died more than 8 years ago.

@snowleopard i mean are there any albino black bears in captivity right now?

@drill I do not know of any.

@snowleopard Any idea on how Albus came to reside at the zoo? Was he born in captivity?

@kermodei Albus was an orphaned bear who was trapped in the wild, near Bella Coola in British Columbia. He came to the zoo in December 1991.

@snowleopard Interesting! You'd think such a rare find would result in more hits online... but I'm having trouble finding any more on him. Might try contacting the zoo itself but they can be spotty with information on individual animals, at least in my experience.