Ahandwritten obituary was pasted on the outer wall of the Bear Valley exhibit at Nanjing Hongshan Forest Zoo in Jiangsu Province on January 1, one day after a sun bear named Lao Ma passed away.
It was written by the staff of the Bear Valley, with over 400 Chinese characters in six paragraphs outlining the bear’s life and contributions to the zoo, and memorializing beautiful moments that he’d had at the zoo. “Lao Ma passed away peacefully in his sleep on the last day of 2022, at the age of 33,” the obituary read. “We are lucky to have met Lao Ma and to spend time with him during our lives.”
