In preparation for the upcoming polar bear complex construction, Nora will be moving to Hogle Zoo. This will also greatly help in her social development. Nora, the Oregon Zoo's polar bear cub, will leave Portland this fall
Oregon and San Diego Safari Park did a cheetah swap. Females Mary Jane and Darlene arrived in Portland, while males Strike and Ranger returned to San Diego for breeding. New cheetahs brought to Oregon Zoo while two others returned to San Diego
Thelma the female sea otter was euthanized. Oregon Zoo says goodbye to 19-year-old otter, Thelma: 'She beat the odds at every turn'
A long and very informative article about the history of Polar Bears at Oregon Zoo: Polar bears at Portland's zoo: A century marked by sadness, tragedy The information below is at the end of the article but it might pique the interest of some zoo enthusiasts and therefore deserve its own space: Polar Bears at the zoo: These are the bears that have called the Oregon Zoo and its predecessors home. The dates indicate the years the bears were at the zoo. Polar – 1905-1915 Mishka – 1943-1955 Zero – 1956-1966 Zerex – 1956-1966 Esco-Mo – 1967-1982 Ice-Ter – 1967-1982 Tundra – 1970-1976 (male, wild orphan from Baffin Bay, sold to a dealer for shipment to a South Korean zoo) Crystal – 1970-1976 (female, wild orphan from Baffin Bay, sold to a dealer for shipment to a South Korean zoo) Huff-n-Puff – 1972-1978 (female, from Seattle’s Woodland Park Zoo, transferred back to Seattle) Unnamed – 1973 (Ice-Ter’s cub, gender unknown, stillborn) Unnamed – 1973 (Ice-Ter’s male cub, died of pneumonia after 1 week) Unnamed – 1974 (Ice-Ter’s cub, gender unknown, died in den after about 1 month) Unnamed – 1974 (Ice-Ter’s cub, gender unknown, died in den after about 1 month) Cheechako – 1976-1978 (Ice-Ter’s male cub, transferred to Hogle Zoo in Salt Lake City) Adak – 1978-1979 (Ice-Ter’s male cub, transferred to the Sacramento Zoo) Mukluk – 1978-1979 (Ice-Ter’s female cub, transferred to the Sacramento Zoo) Unnamed – 1981-1982 (Ice-Ter’s male cub, sold to a dealer for shipment to a South Korean zoo) Conrad – 1986-2016 Tasul – 1986-2016 Kdax – 1986 (female cub, from Cleveland, died from intestinal infection after a month at zoo) Yugyan – 1986-2008 (female, from Cleveland, died from kidney failure) Shivers – 1986-1998 (male, from Columbus, transferred to Leon, Mexico) Unnamed – 1991 (Tasul’s cub, gender unknown, died after 2 days) Unnamed – 1991 (Yugyan’s cub, gender unknown, died after 4 days) Nora – 2016-2017 The latest Oregon Zoo map has been updated for some time now to include 2020's Polar Passage: https://www.oregonzoo.org/sites/default/files/downloads/oregon-zoo-map-fall-2017-ENG.pdf
