Berlin zoo welcomes baby polar bear

Saturday, December 9, 2017
BERLIN, GERMANY (WPVI) -- A zoo in Berlin, Germany has happily welcomed a new polar bear cub.

Tierpark Zoo's polar bear Tonja gave birth to the cub overnight into Thursday, December 7.
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The zoo released footage of the mother bear and her cub on Friday, stating that both of them are doing well.

The new baby is the second cub of eight-year-old Tonja's and six-year-old Wolodja's. The pair's first born cub, Fritz, had died.

According to the zoo, polar bear cubs have a 50-percent chance of survival.

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