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Her Name Is MiKa. Brno Zoo Has a Polar Bear Again After Eight Years

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On Thursday, the Brno Zoo welcomed a new resident, a polar bear named MiKa from the Karlsruhe Zoo in Germany. With his help, the Brno Zoo wants to restore the once successful breeding of its polar bears. The female bear Cora has successfully raised five offspring there in recent years. The new breeding group will be formed by Anori and Nivi, who are from the zoo in Denmark.

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On Thursday, the Brno Zoo welcomed a new resident, a polar bear named MiKa from the Karlsruhe Zoo in Germany. With his help, the Brno Zoo wants to restore the once successful breeding of its polar bears. The female bear Cora has successfully raised five offspring there in recent years. The new breeding group will be formed by Anori and Nivi, who are from the zoo in Denmark.

BRNO - After eight years, the Brno Zoo has a male polar bear again. He arrived from Germany, from the Karlsruhe Zoo. For now, he is acclimatizing in the hinterland. Visitors will only be able to see the bear after the keepers move him to the main enclosure, informed the zoo's spokesman Ján Bedřich. Brno has also acquired two young females from Denmark this year.

The breeding of polar bears at the Brno Zoo has received a much-needed boost after years. A male, Mika (2), has arrived from the German Zoo in Karlsruhe. Big things are expected of him: starting a family and he has a choice of three beautiful bears.

It's here! After eight years, Brno Zoo has re-acquired the male of the iconic Arctic beast, a young male polar bear from the zoo in Karlsruhe, Germany. The transfer was made on the recommendation of the coordinator of the European Conservation Programme (EEP) and represents another important step in the long-term development of polar bear breeding, the zoo informed in a press release. The new resident of Brno Zoo is […]

Brno - After eight years, the Brno Zoo has a male polar bear again. He arrived from Germany, from the zoo in Karlsruhe. He is currently acclimatizing in the grounds. Visitors will only be able to see the bear after the keepers move it to the main enclosure, informed the zoo's spokesman Jan Bedřich. Brno has also acquired two young females from Denmark this year.

Polar bear Mika has left the Karlsruhe Zoo. In the podcast "Ice, Ice, Baby", zoo director Matthias Reinschmidt reports about the last emotional hours.

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Badische Neueste Nachrichten broke the news on Thursday, November 5, 2026.
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