Fitz the grizzly bear briefly escapes his enclosure at the Calgary Zoo

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Fitz the grizzly bear briefly escapes his enclosure at the Calgary Zoo

Global News · Aug 17, 2026, 3:16 AM UTC

A one-year-old male grizzly bear escaped its enclosure at the Wilder Institute’s Calgary Zoo about 90 minutes before it was supposed to open to the public on Sunday morning, zoo officials have confirmed. In an email to Global News, zoo media relations said Fitz the grizzly bear got out of his habitat around 7:30 a.m....

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