Celebrate International #PolarBearDay on February 27th with a chance to WIN a behind-the-scenes experience with the polar bears at your Toronto Zoo 🐻‍❄️ Did you know that when we burn fossil fuels like coal, oil, and methane gas for energy, we release carbon dioxide gas into the atmosphere. This excess carbon dioxide builds up, acting like a heat-trapping blanket, warming the air, land and ocean. As this heat-trapping blanket thickens, causing the climate to warm, the melting of arctic sea ice poses a threat to these communities as well as the polar bears that call it home. Sea ice is crucial habitat for polar bear reproduction, hunting, and migration; and without it, it dramatically lowers the polar bear's chances of survival putting them at risk for extinction. Sadly, in 2024 the Southern Hudson Bay population of polar bears were off the sea ice for a record-breaking 197 days. This means the polar bears are stuck on land, fasting for over 6 months, and can lose up to 1kg (or ~2.2...