Walker the polar bear has a mystery admirer
Walker the polar bear may have missed out on a companion at the end of last year - but it appears he still has an admirer.
He received a secret love token from an unknown Arctic Valentine earlier today.
The bachelor bear was spoilt with a hand-crafted love heart scented with a few of his preferred treats.
At the end of last year Walker’s keepers at the Highland Wildlife Park by Kincraig had hoped they’d found the three year old polar bear a future mate.
But she was found to be pregnant - good news for the polar bear population but not so great for Walker.
It’s hoped a suitable match will have been made before the end of 2012.
Mr Douglas Richardson, Animal Collection Manager at the Highland Wildlife Park, said: “He is three years old now, but won’t be fully mature for another two or three years, and we hope to get him settled with a female of a similar age as soon as we can.
"Because Rhenen Zoo, where he was born, has been so successful in breeding and rearing polar bears, quite a few of the available females around Europe are rather too closely related to him, and so he is not spoilt for choice."
