Africa’s last polar bear dies of a broken heart after losing mate..!!

Wang, believed to be the only polar bear left in Africa, died on Wednesday – around six months after the death of GeeBee, his partner of 27 years.

The official statement from the zoo said Wang was put down due to complications from 'liver and heart failure'.

But he had been noticeably in mourning since the death of GeeBee from a heart attack in January.

He appeared listless, shunned food and did not want to go swimming – a pastime he enjoyed with GeeBee.

Wang came to Johannesburg as a cub in 1986, as part of a conservation exchange programme with a zoo in Japan.

He was introduced to GeeBee and the pair grew up together at the zoo. They did not ' breed because polar bear reproduction relies on cold weather.

Indeed, it was South Africa's incompatible climate with the ageing and ill polar bear that led to the zoo's decision to put Wang down. The zoo does not intend to replace the bears.

Despite Wang's sad demise, it has to be said that the old boy had a pretty good innings. Polar bears in the wild don't usually live past 20.

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