Trey Varney, 2, looks into the Grizzly bear enclosure as Finley and Ronan start their day at the Reid Park Zoo, 3400 E. Zoo Court, in Tucson, on Nov. 30, 2016. A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star

The exhibit that Ronan and Finley call home was once the enclosure inhabited by the zoo's polar bear, Snow.ย 

When Snow died of a heart ailment in 2012, zoo officials opted not to seek out another due to the lack of polar bears in captivity.ย 

The zoo chose instead to take in grizzlies because so many orphans can be found in the wild.ย 

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