Polar bear cub in Berlin Tierpark zoo dies after 26days

*Polar bear cub in Berlin Tierpark zoo dies  after 26 days❗*

Officials at Berlin's Tierpark zoo said that the young polar bear, which was born in December, was found dead when the zoo re-opened on Tuesday.

The cub had appeared to be healthy when it was last seen with its mother on New Year's Eve and appeared to have died of natural causes, the zoo said.

Born to an eight-year-old polar bear called Tonja, the cub had not yet been named and was only 26 days old when it died.

The zoo said in a statement that staff found the cub's lifeless body on a surveillance camera when they checked the enclosure on Tuesday morning.

Tierpark zoo said in a statement that a post-mortem examination would be carried out to determine the exact cause of death.