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Canadian zookeepers mourn loss of 42-year-old polar bear Debby.

She was in declining health due to her advanced age of 42 and her keepers decided it was kinder to put her down.

Debby won a place in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's oldest polar bear when she turned 41 last year.

(Reuters.com November 20, 2008)