Udmurtia zoo

Finally I can say! :)

Polar bear cub born 12 Dec 2013. Mother is Dumka (9 years old, born in the wild), it is her first cub. Father is Nord, 8 years old, born in Moscow zoo. Cub is doing well.
 
Elephas Maximus said:
And hope next time there will be more cubs :)
How many polar bears are in the zoo? 1.1.0 or more?
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1.1.0 is impossible because cub is exist :)
It is not sexed yet of course. Zoo keeps now it's parents - Dumka and Nord, and one more pair of polar bears - Piligrim (Pilgrim, Pim) and Aurora. All of "our" polar bears are belong to other zoos.
 
Elephas Maximus said:
So it is the first breeding. What zoo has the rights for this new cub?
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Moscow zoo.
This breeding was "just in time". These bears live together for 5 years, and it was planned to transfer them back or change one animal of this pair in case there is no breeding this year. They had normal sexual behavior every year, so problem with fertility was quite possible.
 
For our zoo, this winter's breeding is failed because animals refused to mate.
The offspring never survived. In last years, the female is being tranquilized instantly after giving birth, but she has the time to crush the cub(s) willingly before sleeping. After all, she is an useless hand-reared animal, and our male is from the wild... wish the things were in reverse.
At one or two cases when cubs were successfuly rescued from mother, they didn't survive longer than 1-2 weeks, succumbing to infections with such bad immune system...
An incubator, like one used for naked apes, might be handy, but funds for buying a new one are low :(
 
Now the little furball is clearly visible :)
Frequent vocalizing is considered to be a sign of good health for bear cubs, right?
 
Elephas Maximus said:
Frequent vocalizing is considered to be a sign of good health for bear cubs, right?
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I think so. It is the first sign that cub is born (moment of birth is not always captured by camera) and that it is doing well, and this loud sound is very useful for keepers watching female. I have impression that cub is always crying :)
 
In the beginning of August one of two polar bear cubs who lost their mother arrived to zoo from Novaya Zemlya archipelago. Cub is healthy and very active. It is a male, his weight is about 50 kg. Another cub, female, was sent to zoo of Gelendzhik.

Polar bear cub who was born in the zoo in December 2013 is growing fast, his weight is 150 kg already.
 
The cubs (both males) were presented to public.
They're hand-raised since being rejected by mother at age of 2 months.
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R03BUqtpRAU[/ame]
 
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