Rochester, N.Y. • A beloved polar bear has died at the Seneca Park Zoo in Rochester, New York.
Director Larry Sorel says the loss of 28-year-old Aurora is “difficult for the entire zoo family.”
Zoo Society President Pamela Reed Sanchez says Aurora was “an extraordinary ambassador” for her “vulnerable species.”
The zoo’s director of animal health and conservation says that’s not uncommon. Dr. Louis DiVincenti says the Polar Bear Species Survival Plan is working to find out what leads to the animals’ tendency for liver and gall bladder disease.