Come see Anana The Polar Bear at the North Carolina Zoo
ASHEBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — This week the world celebrated International Polar Bear Day.
The polar bear population is considered to be vulnerable in the wild.
Currently, there are less 60 bears living in zoos across the county and the North Carolina Zoo is the home to one of them.
Shannon Smith took a trip to the zoo to show why Anana is special in this week's edition of Zoo Filez.
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