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Jun 17, 2021, 12:00 AM
Welcome, Bjorn the Andean bear!
The Rosamond Gifford Zoo’s newest arrival is 4 years old, weighs 250 pounds and is 6 feet tall when he stands on hind legs.
Bjorn is an Andean bear who was born at the Queens Zoo in 2016 and has lived at Smithsonian’s National Zoo and the St. Louis Zoo. Zoo Director Ted Fox said the Rosamond Gifford Zoo is thrilled to welcome Bjorn to reside in its Andean Bear Exhibit, which has been unused since the second of its elderly Andean bear brothers passed away in July 2020. Bjorn is young, agile and energetic.
Read the news release about him HERE!