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World's oldest polar bear dies

Canadian zoo officials have mourned the death of what is believed to be the world's oldest polar bear.

The 42-year-old bear was called Debby and died at a zoo in Winnipeg, Manitoba, where she had lived since 1967.

Debby was captured as a orphaned cub in the Russian Arctic in 1966.

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