North American Polar Bear Population 2022

Neil chace said:
Noting that today's Blizzard's birthday, I looked at the population birthdays and noticed that there are only two bears in the population born later than December 11th (today's date), Berit and Qannik. Of course most births don't get announced the day they occur, this had me thinking: does anyone know the status of our other females, or any potential cubs? I know Buffalo is a definite no (I saw Luna outside on my most recent visit- covered with so much mud you could've mistaken her for a brown bear, lol!), but has anyone been to or been in contact with Hogle, Memphis, or Columbus lately? Those are the three zoos I'd say there's a decent chance of cubs at, so any updates about those three facilities would be great. Something in my gut is saying there's at least one more cub out there, but only time will tell if that's true or not.
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Not that this is definitive of anything, but when after asking about Talini, LPZ has left me on read for about 10 days now. This is fairly unusual for them.
 
Polar bear fan said:
Not that this is definitive of anything, but when after asking about Talini, LPZ has left me on read for about 10 days now. This is fairly unusual for them.
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I'd be very surprised, but overjoyed if a cub came out of LPZ. I'm not expecting it, since Talini hasn't had any cubs yet, but she represents two founders that aren't represented by anyone else (plus I'm biased, last bear left descended from RWPZ's bears). However, if I am not mistaken, isn't she one of the bears who would den rather consistently even without cubs?
 
MeiLover said:
I’ll be visiting LPZ tomorrow so I’ll see if I can spot her.
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Thank you, I really hope you don’t see her, fingers crossed!
Neil chace said:
I'd be very surprised, but overjoyed if a cub came out of LPZ. I'm not expecting it, since Talini hasn't had any cubs yet, but she represents two founders that aren't represented by anyone else (plus I'm biased, last bear left descended from RWPZ's bears). However, if I am not mistaken, isn't she one of the bears who would den rather consistently even without cubs?
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Technically she is distantly related to Nanuq’s cubs I believe through her paternal grandfather, Norton (and Siku’s previos mate, Kobe, was actually her aunt). But wow isn’t she valuable, and from a founder mother and very valuable father.
 
Polar bear fan said:
Thank you, I really hope you don’t see her, fingers crossed!

Technically she is distantly related to Nanuq’s cubs I believe through her paternal grandfather, Norton (and Siku’s previos mate, Kobe, was actually her aunt). But wow isn’t she valuable, and from a founder mother and very valuable father.
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Yes- you're correct. I forgot that Norton (RWPZ's male!) was rescued with his brother, Nanuq. But even so, we're talking that Luna and Nanuq's columbus girls are Talini's first cousins once removed, or approx. 12.5% of genes shared. So I guess, while the only direct descendant of my RWPZ's bears, Talini isn't the only one left related to them, or at least related to Norton, as Luna (my favorite living polar bear) also is!
 
wild boar said:
I think it might be an indicator of something, given JVM's information from the most recent post on the Lincoln Park Zoo news thread.
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I spoke to a staff member today and there is new piping going under the visitor areas in this section of the zoo. These adjustments had been made to other areas of the zoo like by the rhinos and hoofstock yards earlier in the year. Talini has, not surprisingly, not delivered any cubs.
 
Yazziel said:
Alaska Zoo is home to a new male rescued Polar bear cub.

Orphaned Polar Bear Cub Brought to Alaska Zoo for its Welfare | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
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Wow, surprising news today! While this won't have much effect on the polar bear population as wild-caught rescues can't breed, but at the very least this will ease the burden of too few bears on the population, and having a new young bear will be very beneficial for exhibit purposes. I wouldn't be surprised if this bear ends up finding a permanent home either at a former holder (Point Defiance, Maryland) or as a replacement for an elderly bear elsewhere (Seneca Park, Pittsburgh). Alternatively, Alaska has the room to hold multiple bears long-term, so there's a chance this bear will stay in Anchorage as a companion for Cranbeary.
 
Neil chace said:
Wow, surprising news today! While this won't have much effect on the polar bear population as wild-caught rescues can't breed, but at the very least this will ease the burden of too few bears on the population, and having a new young bear will be very beneficial for exhibit purposes. I wouldn't be surprised if this bear ends up finding a permanent home either at a former holder (Point Defiance, Maryland) or as a replacement for an elderly bear elsewhere (Seneca Park, Pittsburgh). Alternatively, Alaska has the room to hold multiple bears long-term, so there's a chance this bear will stay in Anchorage as a companion for Cranbeary.
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Why can't wild caught bear breed?
 
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