Polar bear habitat at Tacoma zoo is set for changes. And beyond that, new polar bears

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Oct. 27—Tacoma's Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium is taking initial steps in improving its polar bear habitat, which is anticipated to be home to new inhabitants next summer.

The polar bear exhibit opened in 1982 as part of the zoo's Rocky Shores/Arctic Tundra section. A bond issue approved by voters in 2014 included plans for an upgrade, among other capital-improvement projects.

The zoo's last surviving polar bear, Blizzard, died in May, and the polar bear habitat is currently closed.

Blizzard, 26, was humanely euthanized after suffering a rapid decline from liver cancer, diagnosed in September 2021.

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