Overview

• Amelia Gray is relocating from the Oregon Zoo to join resident bears Hope and Hudson in Brookfield’s Great Bear Wilderness habitat.
• Zoo officials say guests could see her as early as mid-October following an acclimation period before any introductions.
• Staff describe the move as giving her time with a male bear, with a long-term goal of eventually raising cubs.
• The transfer is part of AZA efforts to sustain a genetically diverse population, and Brookfield highlights conservation research including a 2019 CT scan on a living polar bear and its Arctic Ambassador Center role as sea ice loss threatens wild bears.
• In Portland, Nora will be on her own again, which the Oregon Zoo notes is typical for a species that is generally solitary outside breeding or rearing cubs.