Saskatoon Forestry Farm Park and Zoo celebrates their bears' birthdays
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The Saskatoon Forestry Farm Park and Zoo is hosting a week-long birthday celebration for the bears Mistaya and Koda's 20th birthdays.
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On Wednesday, the zoo invited people to join the bears for cake and presents, and dozens of people showed up to celebrate.
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