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BROOKFIELD, Ill. (WGN) — The polar bears at the Brookfield Zoo are gearing up to welcome a new roommate from Oregon this fall.

Officials from the Brookfield Zoo announced Thursday that an 8-year-old polar bear named Amelia Gray would soon be joining the pack in the Great Bear Wilderness exhibit.

Amelia Gray, an 8-year-old polar bear, will join polar bears Hope and Hudson later this fall.

Amelia Gray is coming to Chicago from the Oregon Zoo, where she is known as a playful and curious bear.

“We look forward to welcoming Amelia Gray to Brookfield Zoo Chicago, as her arrival is a powerful opportunity to educate the community of the critical need to protect this vulnerable species,” Mark Wanner, associate vice

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