Snow the Polar Bear
Snow, a 17 year old polar bear, came from San Diego to the Reid Park Zoo in February. On Monday, zoo officials announced the bear had been found dead in her usual sleeping area.
Snow the polar bear
Snow, a 17 year old polar bear, eats a fish at the Reid Park Zoo.
Snow the polar bear
Photo of Snow, a 17 year old polar bear, when she first arrived at the Reid Park Zoo from San Diego in February. Snow came for treatment of dermatitis, a skin disease. photo provided by: Reid Park Zoo
Snow the polar bear
Alisha Brewer, a zoo keeper, feeds Snow, a 17 year old polar bear, pears as a treat. Snow came from San Diego to the Reid Park Zoo in February for treatment of dermatitis, a skin disease. The desert heat and sun has helped Snow heal. She has a full coat of fur again and is less itchy.
Snow the polar bear
Snow, a 17 year old polar bear, came from San Diego to the Reid Park Zoo in February for treatment of dermatitis, a skin disease. The desert heat and sun has helped Snow heal. She has a full coat of fur again and is less itchy.
Snow the polar bear
Snow, a 17 year old polar bear, cools off in the water at the Reid Park Zoo.
Snow the polar bear
Snow, a 17 year old polar bear, came from San Diego to the Reid Park Zoo in February for treatment of dermatitis, a skin disease. The desert heat and sun has helped Snow heal. She has a full coat of fur again and is less itchy.
A little Sonoran Desert sunshine is exactly what Snow the polar bear needed. Since coming to the Reid Park Zoo in February, Snow has traded her itchy, patchy pelt from skin allergies for a healthy coat of of fur.
Snow, Reid Park Zoo’s 17-year-old polar bear, has died.