{"id":270486,"date":"2025-11-18T22:18:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T22:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/270486\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T22:18:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T22:18:08","slug":"highland-polar-bear-to-meet-his-brother-south-of-the-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/270486\/","title":{"rendered":"Highland polar bear to meet his brother south of the border"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A polar bear at the Highland Wildlife Park will travel across the border and meet his brother. <\/p>\n<p>Brodie, Scotland\u2019s youngest polar bear, will be temporarily moved to the Yorkshire Wildlife Park while building work is carried out in his habitat.<\/p>\n<p>Keepers from the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) are working with the almost four-year-old bear to practice crate training ahead of the move.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile we will miss Brodie while he\u2019s on his holidays, it is great to be able to fully concentrate on the work needed in his habitat,\u201d Darren McGarry, head of living collections at RZSS, said.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/9836787860453e2fd8cd5f20b6cfda1f-1763481215.jpeg\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\"   alt=\"Brodie the polar bear is nearly four years old.\"\/>Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS)Brodie the polar bear is nearly four years old. Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS)<\/p>\n<p>Once settled in his holiday home, Brodie will be introduced to his older brother, Hamish, who moved to Yorkshire from Scotland five years ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis brother Hamish has been amazingly cared for by the team down at Yorkshire and we know they will look after Brodie with the same expertise,\u201d Mr McGarry said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can\u2019t wait to see how they interact with each other when they are introduced in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr Charlotte MacDonald, animal director at Yorkshire Wildlife Park, said: \u201cWe are so looking forward to welcoming Brodie and seeing what he makes of his big brother Hamish and his other new friends here at Project Polar. It\u2019ll be quite an experience for him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPersonally, I am particularly excited as I used to work at RZSS and knew Brodie and Hamish\u2019s mother, Victoria. She was a great mum to both boys.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Arktos and Walker, the Highland Wildlife Park\u2019s other male polar bears will still be visible to visitors, with their own habitat having recently been improved.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Visitors are encouraged to visit Brodie before November 30 to bid him farewell before his vacation.<\/p>\n<p>STV News is now on WhatsApp<\/p>\n<p>Get all the latest news from around the country<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaCESJzKgsNvKKNOYO2r\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">      Follow STV News <\/a>Follow STV News on WhatsApp<\/p>\n<p>Scan the QR code on your mobile device for all the latest news from around the country<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/whatsapp-qr.png\" alt=\"WhatsApp channel QR Code\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A polar bear at the Highland Wildlife Park will travel across the border and meet his brother. 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