Adorable polar bear to holiday at Doncaster’s Yorkshire Wildlife Park where he’ll be introduced to brother
A video shows Brodie the polar bear, who is to move temporarily to Yorkshire Wildlife Park in Doncaster, playing in water.
Doncaster’s Yorkshire Wildlife Park will provide a holiday home for polar bear Brodie while work is carried out on his habitat at Highland Wildlife Park.
Keepers from the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) are preparing Brodie for the move, which is due to take place in early December. The wildlife conservation charity’s keepers are working with Brodie, who was born in 2021, to practice crate training ahead of the move.
Once settled in his holiday home, Brodie will be introduced to his older brother, Hamish, who moved to Yorkshire from Scotland five years ago.
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Darren McGarry, head of living collections at RZSS, said, “While we will miss Brodie while he’s on his holidays, it is great to be able to fully concentrate on the work needed in his habitat.
“His brother Hamish has been amazingly cared for by the team down at Yorkshire and we know they will look after Brodie with the same expertise. We can’t wait to see how they interact with each other when they are introduced in the future.”
Dr Charlotte MacDonald, animal director at Yorkshire Wildlife Park, said: “We are so looking forward to welcoming Brodie and seeing what he makes of his big brother Hamish and his other new friends here at Project Polar. It’ll be quite an experience for him!
“Personally, I am particularly excited as I used to work at RZSS and knew Brodie and Hamish’s mother, Victoria. She was a great mum to both boys.”