Berlin Zoo

Berliners have a very special connection to polar bears. As early as 1845 - just one year after the zoo opened - the first polar bear came to Berlin. Starting in 1951, a systematic breeding group was set up in cooperation with the Karlsruhe Zoo. The polar bears could be seen in the zoo from 1955. Like all polar bears in zoos around the world, our Berlin polar bears also have an important task: They are global ambassadors for their wild and endangered relatives in the far north.(wikipedia)