A brown bear, habitual of cold climate, has been languishing in hot weather in the Karachi Zoo, it emerged after a video of the bear went viral on social media. Brown bear not native to Karachi, is in dire need of freezing cool environment. Earlier, after a video of the bear went viral on social media, Shallwani, maintaining the same stance, had tweeted: “The Bear at Karachi Zoo is hale and hearty.”When The Express Tribune approached Karachi Zoo director Khalid Hashmi on the matter, he said, “I am new [here]. Last month, the SWD had rescued a bear from Tando Adam city after its video went viral on social media. Named Sobharo, and later popularly called the Tik Tok Bear, it was sent to a rehabilitation centre located near Islamabad.

Source: The Express Tribune September 29, 2020 14:03 UTC