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[i]It is with great sadness that we announce the loss of Como's beloved polar bear, Buzz. Buzz's health declined due to suspected neurological issues and after all treatment options were exhausted with the animal care and veterinary team, the difficult decision to humanely euthanize the 24 year old bear was made. Buzz, and twin brother Neil, were born December in 1995 at the Louisville Zoo and came to Como Zoo in 2001 from San Diego. They were named for the Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. Buzz enjoyed rolling in the dirt, patrolling the exhibit, and bossing around his brother. He was an active participant in the zoo's operant conditioning training program and was the third polar bear in the country to allow zookeepers to draw blood voluntarily (Neil was the second). Buzz has been a proud ambassador of conservation and will be missed by all.[/i]
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T O P I C R E V I E WRobert PearlmanA polar bear named for Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin has died at the Como Park Zoo & Conservatory in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It is with great sadness that we announce the loss of Como's beloved polar bear, Buzz. Buzz's health declined due to suspected neurological issues and after all treatment options were exhausted with the animal care and veterinary team, the difficult decision to humanely euthanize the 24 year old bear was made.Buzz, and twin brother Neil, were born December in 1995 at the Louisville Zoo and came to Como Zoo in 2001 from San Diego. They were named for the Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.Buzz enjoyed rolling in the dirt, patrolling the exhibit, and bossing around his brother. He was an active participant in the zoo's operant conditioning training program and was the third polar bear in the country to allow zookeepers to draw blood voluntarily (Neil was the second).Buzz has been a proud ambassador of conservation and will be missed by all. ejectr.star51L.Kevin T. Randall.NeilPearson.randy.Robert PearlmanThis wasn't intended as a memorial thread (though it is fine that members wanted to treat it that way). I posted it because I was interested to learn that there were polar bears named after Neil and Buzz, and thought others might like to know, too. It was just that the news that brought it to my attention was Buzz's death.ManInSpaceTo borrow from James Herriot:"All creatures great and small."rjb1elec.thisismills.
It is with great sadness that we announce the loss of Como's beloved polar bear, Buzz. Buzz's health declined due to suspected neurological issues and after all treatment options were exhausted with the animal care and veterinary team, the difficult decision to humanely euthanize the 24 year old bear was made.Buzz, and twin brother Neil, were born December in 1995 at the Louisville Zoo and came to Como Zoo in 2001 from San Diego. They were named for the Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.Buzz enjoyed rolling in the dirt, patrolling the exhibit, and bossing around his brother. He was an active participant in the zoo's operant conditioning training program and was the third polar bear in the country to allow zookeepers to draw blood voluntarily (Neil was the second).Buzz has been a proud ambassador of conservation and will be missed by all.
Buzz, and twin brother Neil, were born December in 1995 at the Louisville Zoo and came to Como Zoo in 2001 from San Diego. They were named for the Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.
Buzz enjoyed rolling in the dirt, patrolling the exhibit, and bossing around his brother. He was an active participant in the zoo's operant conditioning training program and was the third polar bear in the country to allow zookeepers to draw blood voluntarily (Neil was the second).
Buzz has been a proud ambassador of conservation and will be missed by all.
I posted it because I was interested to learn that there were polar bears named after Neil and Buzz, and thought others might like to know, too. It was just that the news that brought it to my attention was Buzz's death.
"All creatures great and small."
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