Arturo, the world’s saddest polar bear dies, aged 30

 

A polar bear dubbed the ‘world’s saddest’ has died at the age of 30 in Argentina.

Arturo died in Mendoza Zoo, two years after a petition gathered more than half a million signatures seeking for him to be moved to Canada.

The zoo director at the time said Arturo was too old to be safely moved, the bear was nearly 31 years old when it died on Sunday and had lived at the Mendoza zoo since age 8.
Mendoza officials said the bear died from complications of old age.

The environmental group Greenpeace called Arturo’s case an example of the inappropriate conditions suffered by animals in Argentina’s zoos.

The government in Buenos Aires city recently closed the municipal zoo to convert it into an ecological park for various animal species.

Arturo gained worldwide attention and his ‘world’s saddest animal’ moniker after pictures of him lying flat on his stomach emerged on social network sites.