Edinburgh Zoo History of polar bears at Edinburgh

I think Hercules has been discussed in detail in a previous thread.

I seem to remember that one of the Edinburgh annual reports mentions Hercules being quarantined after arrival from the States.

In the previous thread we established that Hercules had gone to the USA to have tooth and claw operations.

 

Just had another look at the 1984 annual report - it was definitely the same Hercules as Andy Robin is mentioned. He must have been serving quarantine after returning from the US.

 

One of the bears (Hayley) at Dartmoor was born at HWP. Also, I have a report of the last few polar bear cubs born at Edinburgh if anyone is interested.

 

Please do, would be good to know what has happened with the last few polar cubs.

 

Jim was a female polar bear.

 

Resurrecting this one a bit - Ohoto was a female, and she gave birth to cub in October 2009 which was hand reared:

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You can see a pic of Mercedes and one of her cubs along with Ohoto about half way down this thread:

Die K-Files. Knuts Aussenposten im Indischen Ozean: 15.November - Happy Birthday Surprises....

Can't say I agree with how the Japanese seem to be exhibiting the cub, but how cool would it be if that cub could be Walkers' future mate at the HWP?

 

A very interesting list, one of Barney and Mercedes cubs was given the nick-name "Wee-Sweetie" when born can anyone tell me which one this would have been please??

 

The History of Polar Bears in Edinburgh Zoo

Edinburgh | Eisbären im Zoo - Polar Bears in Zoos

 

Excellent website, thank you for sharing this!

 

Thanks for sharing the web site with us. An interesting, if at times tragic, read.

 

An excellent and very interesting website, many thanks for the link.