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December 13, 2012

Berlin, the Duluth zoo polar bear, is moving to Kansas City

Berlin the polar bear is moving to Kansas City

Berlin, a polar bear from the Lake Superior Zoo, found a new temporary home at Como Zoo Thursday, June 21, 2012 in St. Paul. As a result of floods in Duluth, a polar bear and two harbor seals were moved to Como Zoo. (MPR Photo/Jennifer Simonson)

“The Kansas City Zoo’s lone polar bear, a male named Nikita, is about to get some company.

“Zoo officials said Wednesday they had decided to bring a female polar bear named Berlin to the zoo,” via AP/MPR News.

Berlin was moved to Como Zoo in St. Paul after she escaped from her exhibit at the Lake Superior Zoo in Duluth during flooding earlier this summer.