Following the shocking and less than favourable events that happened in zoos just this weekend, a polar bear at Wilhelma Zoo in Germany has died after eating fabric.
25 year old Anton began vomiting pieces of fabric, and later died of severe intestinal injuries. He could have lived for a further 10-15 years. It is thought that the fabric was a bag or jacket dropped into the enclosure by a member of the public.
Anton's keepers said it was not clear why he swallowed the item, rather than just ripping it to pieces as he usually would, but thought there may have been food inside that he was trying to get to.
It is thought that in the past elephant seals and hippos at the same zoo have died as a result of eating items dropped into their enclosures.
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