Ralph’s reports

29.11.2023 by Ralph Morton Zoom Gelsenkirchen was the first zoo I visited in Autumn 2006 to look at Polar Bears. It was very special to be back there for the first time since 2019. There […]

12.11.2023 by Ralph Morton This sign certainly applies to Flocke. She is still living with her lively daughter, Tala. I found them on Monday morning in the “exercise yard” of their den. Flocke is muddy […]

24.10.2023 by Ralph Morton After four Polar Bear packed days in Denmark I arrived in Bremerhaven to meet another mother with two daughters. Small but fine the Zoo by the sea reproduces (like Aalborg) the […]

18.10.2023 by Ralph Morton On Sunday 10 September I was at the entrance to Hagenbecks Tierpark when it opened for the day. I hurried to the Polar Bear enclosure. Victoria was standing on the rocky […]

10.10.2023 by Ralph Morton Rotterdam Zoo has been Wolodja’s home after he left Berlin. It was my first stop in September. As Rebecca Roth also found, Wolodya is now an impressive male Polar Bear. I […]

26.9.2023 by Ralph Morton The last day of my Grand Tour in September to see Polar Bears in zoos was spent in Nuenen. I saw Hans had posted his photos in a story with Mervi, […]

2.7.2023 by Ralph Morton Although Polar Bears are my great passion, there are many beautiful animals to see at Yorkshire Wildlife Park (YWP). The Okapis certainly are. The warmer weather brought them out to graze […]

20.6.2023 by Ralph Morton My third visit this year in May to Yorkshire Wildlife Park (YWP) found Mum Flocke and Daughter Tala still together in Project Polar 2. This fourth year is likely to see […]

4.6.2023 by Ralph Morton 22 to 24 May found me back at the Yorkshire Wildlife Park (YWP). The six Polar Bears at Project Polar One take a lot of looking after as they do not […]

24.4.2023 by Ralph Morton Back in March I spent a few days at the Yorkshire Wildlife Park (YWP) near Doncaster. Flocke and her daughter Tala live a long way from the male Bears in an […]