The Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo announced in a news release on Tuesday, July 23, that one of its 7-year-old male polar bears died by drowning after sustaining a 'crushing injury' to his trachea ...

Eyare, a western lowland gorilla, celebrates her first birthday with some treats at the Calgary Zoo on April 20, 2023. Photo by Gavin Young/Postmedia/File. Article content.

The Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo has only had one other human-caused animal mortality over the last ten years: a North American river otter in 2016, the release said. Gabriella Rudy.