April 25 (UPI) -- Inuka, the first polar bear to be born and raised in a tropical climate, died in Singapore on Wednesday at the age of 27.
"With a heavy heart, we bade farewell to our beloved senior polar bear Inuka this morning," Wildlife Reserves Singapore said in a statement. "Despite the best efforts of his care team, Inuka's condition worsened and the difficult but necessary decision not to revive him from anesthesia was made on humane grounds."