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The habitat is getting a new polar bear. Six year old male Mikal is arriving from Aalborg Zoo in Denmark because he is surplus to the population. His arrival could mean good things for the Canadian bear population. Since he is already mature he could possibly be used to breed with Toronto's girls. Aurora is a proven breeder so it would be a good way to test out his breeding and remove Inukshuk from the breeding population.

Polar Bear Habitat to Get A New Polar Bear | Kapuskasing Times
 
Interesting. I only have the article to go by. The habitat's facebook page says nothing about any impending arrival.

A female going to the habitat is disappointing. That means they would be looking to breed Inukshuk to her or Ganuk. Either way that is just spreading Inukshuk's over represented genes around more.
 
Ok that makes sense about the confusion. I wondered how the reporter got gender wrong while speaking to someone from the habitat. Though stranger things have happened, especially with small town news papers.
 
While this would be great... the date on this article is June 19th, 2013. Unless everything is taking it's sweet time... I'm inclined to believe that this is outdated/old news. But... you never know!
 
Lol, never checked the date on the article. Oh I need to learn to read everything. The mistake on gender probably wasnt caught until after the article then.

Duerener how do you know she is coming next month? I would think a female could easily be placed in Europe, especially a mature female ready to begin breeding. But I dont know the first thing about the gender balance or genetics of the bears in Europe.
 
According to their facebook page the habitat lost out on Mikal when they discovered she was a female and not a male as had been thought. A spare male was to go to Cochrane but a breeding age female who belongs to Sauvage Zoo was another matter. She is better off paired with Yelle then Inkushuk or Ganuk.
 
Inukshuk is on his way home to Toronto for breeding season as of Feb 13th.
 
Big news for the Habitat and for Canadian bears in general. Sea World Australia is sending 2 year old male polar bear, Henry, to the habitat. He descends from Canadian genetics on his fathers side and his mother is Russian. At two he will need time to mature before he can breed but he is the first bear they have who can breed with any female in Canada. Although there may be some hesitation to use him if they want to keep the Canadian blood lines purely Canadian.

Polar Bear Leaving Queensland birthplace for new Home in Canada | eCanadaNow
 
The move of two year old Henry has begun. According to the habitat he should be arriving after a marathon journey sometime Oct 7th.
 
A bad storm has significantly damaged two of the four habitats, the pool and lake exhibits. The bears are fine though.
 
They have finally introduced Inukshuk to Henry and son Ganuk. All three boys now spend their days together. Inukshuk and Henry have really taken to each other while Ganuk is still a little aloof with his dear old dad.
 
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