Grizzly Bear Has New Home at North Carolina Zoo
Photo credit Hannah Tulloch/North Carolina Zoo
ASHEBORO N.C. (NC ZOO) —The North Carolina Zoo announces the arrival of its newest resident – a 740-pound male grizzly bear named Ronan.
Staff relocated the 9-year-old grizzly from the Reid Park Zoo in Tucson, Arizona, based on a recommendation by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA).
Ronan is settling into his new habitat in the North America continent area of the Zoo.
Since this past summer, the grizzly bear habitat has remained empty. That followed the death of Tommo, a beloved grizzly bear who lived at the Zoo for 26 years.
Ronan and his twin sister Finley were rescued in 2003 and relocated to the Reid Park Zoo when they were just barely one year old. That decision was made after wildlife officials in Yellowstone dee...
