Click on the buttons below (or scroll down the page) and then on the names of individual zoos and bears for detailed information (where available).
This directory lists 152 zoos, aquariums and parks (including one circus) known or believed to be keeping polar bears at present, to be planning to do so or to have done so in the recent past. So far 59 of these have individual entries linked from the directory. While some of these pages are still under construction, a number already have detailed reviews of their facilities and husbandry.
We have listed 306 captive polar bears; it is possible that there are others we are not yet aware of. However, it is certain that some of the bears listed in China are brown bear / polar bear hybrids. To date 82 of the bears have detailed biographical entries (follow the links from the directory). More are being added every week.
To read more on the basic welfare requirements for captive polar bears click here.
In 2002 the Canadian Polar Bear Protection Act was enacted, the so called “Manitoba Standards”; download a copy here.
You can download a copy of the 2018 International Studbook for Polar Bears from our server by clicking here (contains information submitted up to 30 June 2019).
For information on polar bears that have died in captivity click here.
China
- Beijing Zoo
- AnAn (female)
- MiMi (female)
- Ji (male)
- LeLe (male)
- Samson (male)
- Possible fifth male – name not known
- Chimelong Ocean Kingdom, Zhuhai
- Unknown male/female
- Unknown male/female
- Unknown male/female
- Dalian Forest Zoo, Dalian, Liaoning
- Hakuho (female)
- Magnum (male)
- White Dragon (male)
- Haichang Ocean Parks (Haichang tend to move animals between their sites; bears may be found at sites other than as listed.)
- Chengdu Haichang Polar Ocean World
- TaoTao (male; probable hybrid polar / brown bear)
- Chengdu Haichang Polar Ocean World
- Qingdao Haichang Polar Ocean World
- Yang Yang (female)
- Unknown (male)
- Qingdao Haichang Polar Ocean World
- Shanghai Haichang Ocean Park
- Pi Zu (male)
- Ya Tou (female)
- Tianjin Haichang Polar Ocean Park
- Unknown (female)
- Pizza (male)
- Shanghai Haichang Ocean Park
- Tiger Beach (Laohutan) Ocean Park, Dalian
- Nina (female)
- Vicky (female)
- Phineas (male)
- Unknown (male)
- Tiger Beach (Laohutan) Ocean Park, Dalian
- Wuhan Haichang Polar Ocean Park
- Le Le (female) (hybrid)
- Jing Jing (male) (hybrid)
- Wuhan Haichang Polar Ocean Park
- Hangzhou Polar Ocean Park
- Babe (female; probable hybrid polar / brown bear)
- Nanjing Underwater World
- Terminator (aka Promitey) (male)
- Bei Bei (aka Kazja) (male)
- Xiao Bai (male)
- Ocean Aquarium of Penglai
- Peng Peng (female)
- Yilina (female)
- Yuan Yuan (female)
- Royce (male)
- Qingdao Jiangshan Wildlife Kingdom
- Rostick (male)
- Qujiang Polar Ocean World, Xi’an
- Eska (female)
- Sesi (female)
- Zai Zai (male). (Due to return to Nanjing Underwater World around 1 May 2022)
- Shenzhen Xiaomeisha Sea World
- Pezoo (male) moved from here in 2018 back to Tianjin Haichang Polar Ocean Park where he was born. He has since disappeared and may be dead. We have left Zoo’s page active with his details, although no polar bears are there at present, so far as we are aware.
- Sun Asia Ocean Polar World, Shahekou District, Dalian
- Unknown (male)
- Unknown (female)
- Underwater World, Nantong
- Obama (male)
- Wuxi Sunac Ocean Park
- The park opened in December 2019. In 2017 China Daily reported that it was intended to “resettle” polar bears here. No reports of them being here have been located to date.
- Xiangjiang Safari Park, Guangzhou
- Danya (female)
- Cukla (female)
- Snowflake (female)
- Ike (male)
- Nord (male)
Denmark
- Scandinavian Wildlife Park, Kolind
- Ivan (male)
- Siku (male)
- Nanok (male)
- Vicks (male)
- Nuno (female)
France
- Amnéville Zoo
- No polar bears since the death of Tromso (male) on 4 March 2021
- Antibes Marineland
- No polar bears since June 2021
- De Cerza Zoo, Hernival-les-Vauz
- Simone (female)
- Nicky (female)
- Nissan (male)
- Pixel (male)
- La Flèche Zoo
- Quintana (female)
- Aron (male)
- La Palmyre Zoo – no polar bears since 2019
- Mulhouse Zoo
- Sesi (female)
- Kara (female) born November 2020
- Parc Zoo du Reynou, Le Vigen
- Nanu (male)
- Todz (male)
- Peaugres Safari Park
- No polar bears here since the death of Jonny on 25 May 2018
Germany
- Berlin Zoo
- Katyusha (female)
- Bremerhaven Zoo
- Valeska (female)
- Lloyd (male)
- Hagenbeck Zoo, Hamburg
- Victoria (female)
- Cape (male)
- Hanover
- Milana (female)
- Sprinter (male)
- Nana (female)
- Hellabrunn Zoo, Munchen
- Giovanna (female)
- Nanook (female)
- Nuna (studbook name Nanuq) (female)
- Karlsruhe
- Charlotte (female)
- Blizzard (male)
- Neumunster Zoo
- Larissa (female)
- Vitus (male)
- Nuremberg Zoo
- Vera (female)
- Nanuq (male)
- Rostock Zoo
- Noria (female)
- Sizzel (female)
- Akiak (male)
- Tierpark Friedrichfelde, Berlin
- Tonja (female)
- Hertha (female)
- Wilhelma Zoo, Stuttgart
- No polar bears since the death of Corinna (female) in July 2018 but the Zoo has plans to keep them in the future
- Wuppertal Zoo
- Anori (female)
- ZOOM Erlebniswelt, Gelsenkirchen
- Antonia (female)
- Lara (female)
- Bill (male)
Hungary
- Budapest Zoo & Botanical Garden
- Taiko (male)
- Sóstó Zoo (aka Nyíregyháza Zoo)
- Sznezsana (female)
- Zora (female)
- Fiete (male)
Japan
- Adventure World, Shirhama, Wakayama
- Ohoto (female)
- Unknown name (male)
- Cuddly Dominion, Aso, Kumamoto (formerly Aso Bear Park)
- Since the death of Kaachan (female) in February 2016 polar bears have not been kept here
- Hamamitsu Zoo
- Baffin (female)
- Momo (female)
- Higajhiyama Zoo, Nagoya
- No polar bears since the death of Sasquat (male) on 6 May 2020
- Himeji City Zoo
- No polar bears since 6 January 2020. In March 2021 the zoo told us that, due to the historic nature of the site, it was not possible to carry out the large-scale renovation works that would be necessary to provide an acceptable environment for polar bears and that they had no plans to keep them in the future.
- Hirakawa Zoo
- No polar bears since the death of Kana (female) on 14 Octobr 2020
- Kobe Oji Zoo
- Miyuki (female)
- Kumamoto Zoo
- Maruru (female)
- Kushiroshi Zoo
- Milk (female)
- Kiroru (male)
- Obihiro Zoo
- Aira (female)
- Oga Aquarium
- Yuki (female)
- Gota (male)
- Fubuki (male) (born 26 December 2020)
- Sapporo Maruyama Zoo, Hokkaidō
- Lara (female)
- Lira (female)
- Denali (male)
- Shizuoka Municipal Nihondaira Zoo
- Vania (female)
- Rossy (male)
- Tennoji Zoo, Osaka
- Icchan (aka Shilka) (female)
- Ho-chan (female)
- Tobe Zoo
- Peace (female)
- Ballyba
- Tokushima Zoo
- Ivan (male)
- Pororo (female)
- Tokuyama Zoo, Shunan
- No polar bears here since the death of Yuki (female) in November 2016
- Toyohushi Zoo
- Cookie (female)
- Candy (female)
- Ueno Zoo
- Dea (female)
- Ikoro (male)
- Yagiyama Zoo
- Paula (female)
- Kai (male)
- Yokohama Sea Paradise
- Yukimaru (male)
- Zoorasia, Yokohama
- Gogo (male)
- Tsuyoshi (female)
- Jambui (male)
Latvia
- Riga Zoo
- No polar bears since the death of Romeo in May 2020
Mexico
- Benito Juárez Zoological Park, Morelia
- No polar bears since death of Yupik (male) in Novmeber 2018
- Guadalajara Zoo
- Agarta (female)
Netherlands
- Diergaardo Blijdorp (aka Rotterdam Zoo)
- Volodya (male)
- Dierenrijk Zoo, Nuenen
- Elva (female)
- Frimas (female)
- Nivi (female)
- Henk (male)
- Ouwehands Zoo, Rhenen
- Freedom (female)
- Huggies (female)
- Sura (female)
- Yuka (male) born 27 November 2019 female twin Yura died 11 June 2020)
- Wildlands Adventure Zoo, Emmen
- Lale (female)
- Lili (female)
- Nela (female)
- Noordje (female)
Russia
- Bolsherechye Zoo, Omsk Oblast
- Gulya (female)
- Zabava (female)
- Chelyabinsk Zoo
- Irisha (female)
- Atin (male)
- Denisenko Khokhlov Polar Bear Circus Show, Russia
- Dora (female)
- Knop (female)
- Motya (female)
- Umka (female)
- Ekaterinburg Zoo
- Aina (female)
- Gelendzhik Safari Park
- Lapa (female)
- Seryozhka (female) (mother of the two unnamed cubs below)
- Snezhinka (female)
- Sedov (male) (father of the two unnmaed cubs below)
- Unnamed cub (sex unknown)
- Unnamed cub (sex unknown)
- Kazan Zoo
- Terpey (male)
- Khabarovsk Zoo
- No bears at present following the death of Khabar (male) on 30 May 2021
- Leningradsky Zoopark, Saint Petersburg
- Khaarchaana (Хаарчаана) (female)
- Limpopo Zoo, Nizhny Novgorod
- Ayana (female)
- Moscow Zoo
- Wrangel (Vrangel) (male)
- Tompa (female), orphan cub rescued in Russian Arctic. Believed born circa October or November 2020
- Moscow Zoo Breeding Centre, Sychovo, near Volokolamsk
- Nikolay (male)
- Simona (female)
- Nalchik Zoo
- Kutsii (female) (we believe this bear may have died)
- Novosibirsk Zoo
- Gerda (female)
- Shauna (female)
- Krassin (aka Kai) (male)
- Nordi (male)
- Orto Doidu Zoo, Yakutsk
- Kolymana (Колымана) (female)
- Lomonosov (male)
- Almaz (Алмаз) (male)
- Penza Zoo
- Bely (female)
- Perm Zoo
- Yumki (female)
- Seriku (male)
- Royev Ruchei Zoo, Krasnoyarsk
- Ursula (female)
- Martha (female)
- Felix (male)
- Rostov Zoo
- Kometa (female)
- Aion (male)
- Unnamed cub (sex unknown) born 26 November 2020
- Seversk Zoo Park
- UD (male)
- Udmurtia State Zoological Park, Izhevsk
- Dumka (female)
- Purga (female)
- Zabava (female)
- Balou (male)
Singapore
- Singapore Zoo
- Inuka (male) died in April 2018 and the Zoo has announced that it will bring no more polar bears to Singapore
South Korea
- Everland, Yongin
- Following the death of Tongki (male) in October 2018 it has been announced that there are no plans to import further polar bears into South Korea
Tajikistan
- Dushanbe Zoo
- There were reports that there was a polar bear here but to date we can find no record of such a bear.
Thailand
- Safari World, Bangkok
- Udi (female)
- Igor (male)
Ukraine
- Kharkov Zoo, Kharkiv
- No polar bears here since the death of Tim (male) on 21 April 2019.
- Mykolaiv (Nikolaev) Zoo
- Smetanka (female)
- Zefirka (female)
- Nanuk (male)
United Kingdom
- RZSS Highland Wildlife Park, Kincraig, Kingussie
- Victoria (female)
- Arktos (male)
- Walker (male)
- Yorkshire Wildlife Park, Doncaster
- Hamish (male)
- Luka (male)
- Nobby (male)
- Sisu (male)
- Flocke (female)
- Tala (female)
- Indiana (Indie) (male)
- Yuma (male)
United States of America
- ABQ Bio Park Zoo, Albuquerque, New Mexico (aka Rio Grande Zoo)
- Kiska (male)
- Koluk (male)
- Brookfield Zoo, Chicago, Illinois
- Hope (female)
- Hudson (male)
- Cincinnati Zoo, Ohio
- None since the death of Little One (male) on 27 March 2021
- Columbus Zoological Gardens, Powell, Ohio
- Anana (female)
- Aurora (female)
- Como Park Zoo & Conservatory, Saint Paul, Minnesota
- “Nan” (Nanuyaak or Nanutaaq) (female)
- Neil (male)
- Kulu (male)
- Denver Zoological Gardens, Colorado
- In October 2018 the exhibit was closed to be refurbished to house the zoo’s two grizzly bears. The zoo hopes to fund-raise to build a new polar bear exhibit.
- Detroit Zoo, Michigan
- Suka (female)
- Nuka (male)
- Astra (female) born 17 Nov 2020
- Laerke (female) born 17 Nov 2020
- Henry Vilas Zoo, Madison, Wisconsin
- Berit (female)
- Borealis (male)
- Kansas City Zoo, Missouri
- Berlin (female)
- Nuniq (male)
- Louisville Zoo, Kentucky
- Qannik (female)
- Lee (male)
- Maryland Zoo, Baltimore
- Amelia Gray (female)
- Neva (female)
- Memphis Zoo, Tennessee
- Haley (female)
- Koda (male)
- Milwaukee County Zoo, Wisconsin
- No polar bears since the death of Snow Lilly (female) on 24 September 2021
- North Carolina Zoo, Asheboro, North Carolina
- Anana (female)
- Payton (male)
- Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium, Omaha, Nebraska
- None since death of Fanny (aka Bam Bam) (female) on 19 February 2019
- Oregon Zoo, Portland, Oregon
- Nora (female)
- Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium, Pennsylvania
- Snowflake (female)
- Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium, Tacoma, Washington
- Blizzard (male)
- Saint Louis Zoo, Missouri
- Kali (male)
- San Diego SeaWorld, California
- No polar bears at present with Snowflake on long-term loan to Pittsburgh Zoo.
- San Diego Zoo, California
- Chinook (female)
- Tatqiq (female)
- Kalluk (male)
- Seneca Park Zoo, Rochester, New York
- Anoki (female)
- Utah’s Hogle Zoo, Salt Lake City, Utah
- Nikita (male)
Page updated 15 October 2021