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The Wellington Zoo polar bear enclosure, shown here in the 1930s, was a steep concrete-and-stone bank with a plunge pool at one end. Polar bears are difficult to keep healthy in captivity and they are no longer kept in New Zealand’s zoos.
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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)
Reference: EP-0347-1/2; G
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