On Tuesday, St. Louis Zoo officials announced that after considering Ben’s “specific and unique personality, the 280-pound bear will be moved to the Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville ...

Ben, the 4-year-old Andean bear who twice escaped from his enclosure at the St. Louis Zoo in February, will be transferred to the Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville.(JoEllen Toler. Courtesy of the ...

The Gladys Porter Zoo had been looking for an Andean bear since theirs passed away, said Steve Bircher, the St. Louis Zoo’s curator of carnivores. That bear, Monco, died in June 2022 at the age ...

Just weeks later, after the zoo made his enclosure ... be transferred to the Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville, Texas, which has a “long history of working with Andean bears.” ...

The experts believe the moat at the Andean bear habitat at the Gladys Porter Zoo could create "a more ideal environment" for Ben over the "steel mesh outdoor habitat" at the St. Louis Zoo.

An escape-artist bear from Missouri is headed to a Texas zoo with a moat in hopes that it will put an end to his wandering. The St. Louis Zoo cited the "specific and unique personality" of the ...

Ben, an Andean bear, escaped from his enclosure on Feb. 7 and Feb. 23, prompting two brief lockdowns at the zoo. In the near future, Ben will have a new home at the Gladys Porter Zoo in ...

The Saint Louis Zoo recently announced it will transfer Ben, a four-year-old Andean bear who twice escaped his enclosure, to the Gladys Porter Zoo, in Brownsville. A steel mesh fence and cargo ...