POLAR BEAR IN AFRICAN ZOO DIES OVERCOME WITH GRIEF AFTER LOSING HIS LIFELONG PARTNER



HEARTBROKEN WANG

A 'heartbroken' polar bear in South Africa has died in a zoo after months of pining over the death of his partner earlier this year.  Officials at Johannesburg Zoo said Wang, 28, believed to be the last polar bear in Africa, was put down because it was suffering from heart and liver failure. 

 

The zoo said Wang had been pining over the death in January of polar bear GeeBee, his partner of 27 years at the zoo.

 

Zoo spokesman Jenny Moodley told The Telegraph that for a day after the death of GeeBee, Wang would not let zookeepers take her body.  Ms Moodley said the bear also became 'quite aggressive' following the loss of his partner.

 

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