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Former Indy Zoo polar bear Tundra stretches her legs at new home at Detroit Zoo

Posted at 11:08 PM, Jun 28, 2016
and last updated 2016-06-29 00:08:03-04

ROYAL OAK, Mich. (AP) -- An elderly polar bear that spent years at an Indianapolis zoo is roaming around her new home at the Detroit Zoo.

The zoo says Tundra, a 29-year-old female, arrived last weekend and began exploring for the first time Tuesday. She joins two 11-year-old bears, a male and female, as well as three foxes and five seals at the zoo's Arctic Ring of Life exhibit in Royal Oak.

The exhibit has 4 acres of indoor and outdoor habitat.

Ron Kagan, executive director of the Detroit Zoological Society, says Tundra has exceeded the life span of a polar bear at a zoo.