A Madison polar bear will attempt to find love by traveling to Buffalo, N.Y., in search of a mate.
Nanuq, a resident of the Henry Vilas Zoo, is being sent to the Buffalo Zoological Gardens to participate in a captive breeding program for endangered species.
There are currently two polar bears at Vilas Zoo, but only Nanuq will participate in the program. Mishka will stay in Madison.
The breeding program is operated by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums' Polar Bear Species Survival Plan.
Nanuq, 22, and his twin, Norton, arrived in Madison in 1988 after being saved by the U.S. Department of Fish and Wildlife. The bears had been rendered as orphans in Alaska, near Wales.
Nanuq will leave for New York sometime this month.
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