Detroit Zoo Welcomes Polar Bear Cubs
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The Detroit Zoo welcomed two polar bear cubs November 17th, 2020. They re the first cubs to be raised at the zoo since 2004 and were for in a private maternity den.
The cubs have not been named yet. Their mother, Suka, an 8-year old polar bear previously gave birth in 2018 and 2019, but lost her cubs. Zoo officials were concerned about one of the recent cubs after noticing minimal activity.
See 2 new polar bear cubs born at Detroit Zoo
Updated Jan 29, 2021;
Posted Jan 29, 2021
The Detroit Zoo announced this week that a pair of polar bear cubs had been successfully born at the zoo. | Photo courtesy Detroit Zoo
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ROYAL OAK, MICH. The public is getting its first peeks at a pair of twin polar bear cubs born late last year at the Detroit Zoo.
The yet-to-be-named cubs were born at the zoo on November 17, 2020, to 8-year-old mother Suka and 16-year-old father Nuka. The twins are the first polar bears to be born and successfully raised at the Detroit Zoo since 2004.
For 28 years under its director Ron Kagan, the Detroit Zoo pioneered a worldwide movement to showcase wild creatures more ethically while hosting record numbers of visitors at Detroit s collection and adding dozens of new exhibits.
Kagan announced Tuesday he ll retire this summer. The Detroit Zoological Society has formed a search committee to seek the zoo s next director, according to a news release.
Kagan, 69, will leave his longtime roles as executive director and CEO of the Zoological Society, a nonprofit group that operates the Detroit Zoo, whose assets are owned by the city of Detroit. In a statement, Kagan said, I’ve been in love with DZS and this community from the day I arrived so many extraordinary employees, volunteers, donors and board members have contributed to creating and securing the future of this amazing organization.