Jimmy's Farm & Wildlife Park is home to three polar bears and a team is researching their habitats.
A wildlife park is researching whether Suffolk could become a permanent refuge for polar bears as climate change impacts the world.
Stevie Sheppard, park director, said they were investigating the effects of climate change on the habitats of the Arctic mammals. "In the summer season, they're in flower meadows and in Hudson Bay, which is the polar bear capital of the world, they're hitting temperatures of 35C year on year," he said.Stevie Sheppard said polar bears in the wild were spending less time in cold environments
"Actually for six months of the year - now more than that because we haven't got the ice caps and the sea ice that we used to - they're getting shorter windows ."The park's three polar bears - Ewa, Flocke and Tala - have access to a large pond as well as a wooded area.
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