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The Alaska Zoo in Anchorage is at the forefront of polar bear refuge and conservation efforts. The zoo took in its first polar bear in the 1970s, and has taken in a further 8 since....\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eAlaska is the only American state that has polar bears. \u003cbr/\u003eThe Alaska Zoo in Anchorage is at the forefront of polar bear refuge and conservation efforts. \u003cbr/\u003eThe zoo took in its first polar bear in the 1970s, and has taken in a further 8 since. \u003cbr/\u003eMeet Ahpun (AH'-poon), a 15-year-old female. She was orphaned as a cub in Point Lay, Alaska, when her mother was shot by a subsistence hunter. \u003cbr/\u003eShe had charged the hunter, who shot her in self defence. \u003cbr/\u003eThe hunter noticed upon inspection that it was a lactating female, and he followed the mother bear's tracks back to the den, where he found and rescued the cub. \u003cbr/\u003eShe is one of 9 polar bears that were rescued by the zoo. \u003cbr/\u003eAhpun has a younger companion at the zoo. \u003cbr/\u003eLyutyik (LOO'-tik) seen dancing at the fence, was born in the Leningrad Zoo in St. Petersburg, Russia.\u003cbr/\u003eWhen he was a cub, he and a sister were sent to Sea World in Australia. He was then transferred on to Alaska to be a companion for Ahpun. \u003cbr/\u003eAhpun and Lyutyik have been mating, but they have yet to produce a cub - mainly because Ahpun had been on birth control. \u003cbr/\u003eBut officials have seen increased breeding activity between the two, and are hopeful a cub will now be forthcoming.\u003cbr/\u003eThe zoo is at the forefront of polar bear conservation, and is the holding centre for Alaska's abandoned cubs. \u003cbr/\u003e\"So, for years, we've been the holding facility, sometimes permanent, sometime temporary for orphaned cubs coming in, whether their parents were killed or they got separated in a storm,\" says Patrick Lampi, the Alaska Zoo's executive director. \u003cbr/\u003eIt has helped care for more than 50 of the three bears species found in Alaska, polar, brown and black. \u003cbr/\u003eThe Federal Wildlife Service then determines when and where the polar bear is placed. \u003cbr/\u003eThere are about 20,000 polar bears worldwide. \u003cbr/\u003eAlaska has two distinct populations. There are about 1,500 on the Beaufort Sea, on Alaska's northern coast, and an undetermined amount of bears in the Bering and Chukchi (CHUCK'-chee) Sea area. \u003cbr/\u003eIf a polar bear cub becomes orphaned because its parents were killed or it became separated in a storm, the Fish and Wildlife Service will determine whether it's picked up. If it is, that means the cub will never go back into the wild. \u003cbr/\u003eThe cub's first stop would then be Anchorage zoo, where its health is monitored. The federal agency then consults with the American Zoological Association to determine where it will be placed. \u003cbr/\u003e\"It got to the point where they have to be brought in, they take so much time to get up to an adequate size to survive in the wild, but without spending those three critical years with their mother, learning how to survive, they would just never make it again back in the wild. Their only option is to become ambassadors for their species at zoological parks and conservation areas,\" says Lampi.\u003cbr/\u003eThe zoo is also currently involved in four polar bear research projects with researchers around the country.\u003cbr/\u003eClimate change will affect polar bears in the future, but no one is quite certain how that will happen. \u003cbr/\u003eThere is less sea ice and that means bears will spend more time on land, where they might be drawn to a whale bone pile at an Alaska Native village. Alaska Natives can legally hunt whale, and sometimes they pile what is not used from a catch on the outskirts of town. \u003cbr/\u003eThat attracts hungry bears, and could lead to more human-polar bear encounters. \u003cbr/\u003eSo could increased tourism in northern Alaska, where some cruise ships are now sailing because of diminished ice. \u003cbr/\u003eWildlife Biologist, Susi Miller says there has been an increase in polar bears coming on shore in the past 20 years.\u003cbr/\u003eThose bears that do come to shore tend to stay there until the ice freezes up again in the middle of October. \u003cbr/\u003eThe bears are attracted to the indigenous communities that fish and go whaling. \u003cbr/\u003eAnd tourists are also interested in seeing the way of life in the Alaska Native villages, and the clash of tourism and bears can lead to conflict, says Miller. \u003cbr/\u003e\"And so in a couple of communities, we are seeing quite a bit of tourism really expanding. It is a concern because any time that you get a large number of people, especially ones inexperienced with bears around, and a large number of polar bears, the potential for conflict increases.\"\u003cbr/\u003eEncounters between the two species is leading to more orphaned animals.\u003cbr/\u003eTo accommodate more orphaned bears, Alaska Zoo is expanding its polar exhibit and facility to care for polar bears that are brought to Anchorage. \u003cbr/\u003eThe $8 million USD project will be built in two phases. The first phase is nearing its funding goal, and will include building a Polar Bear Transition Centre. \u003cbr/\u003eThe second phase of the project will be to expand the exhibit area, which includes a yard and a pool, and building an elevated public viewing area.\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television \u003cbr/\u003eAnchorage, Alaska - 23 April, 2014\u003cbr/\u003e1. Wide shot polar bear, Ahpun (AH'-poon) getting into pool\u003cbr/\u003e2. Medium shot of polar bear Ahpun swimming\u003cbr/\u003e3. Wide of polar bear, Ahpun swimming underwater\u003cbr/\u003e4. Wide shot, Alaska Zoo entrance\u003cbr/\u003e5. Medium shot, Alaska Zoo entrance\u003cbr/\u003e6. Wide shot of two polar bears - Ahpun and the one twirling is Lyutyik (LOO'-tik) \u003cbr/\u003e7. Medium shot of polar bear walking, twirling and other polar bear walking in front of camera\u003cbr/\u003e8. Medium shot of polar bear twirling \u003cbr/\u003e9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Patrick Lampi, Executive Director, Alaska Zoo in Anchorage: \u003cbr/\u003e\"So, for years, we've been the holding facility, sometimes permanent, sometimes temporary for orphaned cubs coming in, whether their parents were killed or they got separated in a storm.\"\u003cbr/\u003e10. Tight shot of polar bear emerging from pool, shaking head to get rid of excess water\u003cbr/\u003e11. Tight shot of polar bear playing with ball in pool\u003cbr/\u003e12. Underwater shot of polar bear playing with ball in pool \u003cbr/\u003e13. Various of polar bear swimming underwater\u003cbr/\u003e14. SOUNDBITE: (English) Patrick Lampi, Executive Director, Alaska Zoo in Anchorage:\u003cbr/\u003e\"It got to the point where they have to be brought in, they take so much time to get up to an adequate size to survive in the wild, but without spending those three critical years with their mother, learning how to survive, they would just never make it again back in the wild. Their only option is to become ambassadors for their species at zoological parks and conservation areas.\"\u003cbr/\u003e15. Various of polar bear playing with black plastic pool toy\u003cbr/\u003e16. SOUNDBITE: (English) Susi Miller, Wildlife Biologist, Polar Bears for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: \u003cbr/\u003e\"Well, the Alaska Zoo is a really, really important conservation partner to us. Not only do they house captive polar bears, which are an ambassador to their wild counterparts, but more importantly in the last five years especially, but actually for even longer now, 20 plus years, they've been helping us deal with orphaned cubs. What I mean by that is, when a cub is orphaned in the wild, and is able to be rescued, their first stop is the Alaska Zoo.\u003cbr/\u003e17. Medium-tight shot of polar bear's head emerging from pool, and throwing ball\u003cbr/\u003e18. Medium shot of polar bear pushing black plastic pool toy in water\u003cbr/\u003e19. Wide shot of people looking at polar bear exhibit through window\u003cbr/\u003e20. Wide of polar bear shaking, and walking\u003cbr/\u003e21. Various of polar bear walking and running\u003cbr/\u003e22. Mid of children watching\u003cbr/\u003e23. Mid of polar bear walking in enclosure\u003cbr/\u003e24. SOUNDBITE: (English) Susi Miller, Wildlife Biologist, Polar Bears for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: \u003cbr/\u003e\"And so in a couple of communities, we are seeing quite a bit of tourism really expanding. It is a concern because any time that you get a large number of people, especially ones inexperienced with bears around, and a large number of polar bears, the potential for conflict increases.\"\u003cbr/\u003e25. Various of polar bear walking\u003cbr/\u003e26. Close of bear feet\u003cbr/\u003e27. Wide of enclosure, and window\u003cbr/\u003e28. Mid of polar bears walking\u003cbr/\u003e29. Mid zoom out of polar bear climbing up rocks\u003cbr/\u003e30. Wide shot of people walking from lower viewing area (to see bears underwater) to upper level.\u003cbr/\u003e31. Wide shot of upper viewing area for bears.\u003cbr/\u003e32. Medium shot, from outside exhibit, of people looking at bear swimming area\u003cbr/\u003e33. Wide shot, from outside exhibit, of people looking at bear swimming area \u003cbr/\u003e34. Mid of person taking photograph of polar bears\u003cbr/\u003e35. Wide of people walking\u003cbr/\u003e36. Wide shot, woman looking polar bear exhibit sign, family walking by\u003cbr/\u003e37. Mid of woman looking at exhibit\u003cbr/\u003e38. Wide of sign reading: \"polar bear exhibit\"\u003cbr/\u003e39. 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