KILLED BY HER MATE.—Floss, one of the female Polar bears at the Newtown Zoo, Wellington, is seen in the bear-pit where she was the victim of her mate on Thursday night. Floss had been at the Zoo for about fifteen years, and was well known to visitors. The male Polar hear which killed her was imported from Hobart recently with another female bear.
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Northern Advocate, 29 March 1938, Page 10
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63KILLED BY HER MATE.—Floss, one of the female Polar bears at the Newtown Zoo, Wellington, is seen in the bear-pit where she was the victim of her mate on Thursday night. Floss had been at the Zoo for about fifteen years, and was well known to visitors. The male Polar hear which killed her was imported from Hobart recently with another female bear. Northern Advocate, 29 March 1938, Page 10
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