BOLIVIA, N.C. (AP) - The Faircloth Zoo in Brunswick County has been closed for years, but it still has a very large, and hairy reminder of its past.
Shadow, a black bear, is the zoo's last resident, and needs a new home.
The Star News of Wilmington reports that efforts to find a new lodging for theanimal have so far been unsuccessful.
Pender County bear enthusiast Howard Loughlin has been calling zoos and other institutions, but hasn't had much luck.
Gary Evans of the Lynwood Park Zoo in Jacksonville says he'd like to bring Shadow there, but building an enclosure for the bear would cost up to $15,000. That's money the zoo can't afford right now.
Loughlin says he's not going to give up until Shadow has a new home.
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