Winnipeg (bear)
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Winnipeg, or Winnie, was the name given to a female black bear that lived at London Zoo from 1915 until her death in 1934. Purchased from a hunter by cavalry veterinarian Harry Colebourn, Winnie is be
Harry Colebourn and Winnie, 1914
Winnie-the-Bear statue in Assiniboine Park Zoo in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Winnie the Bear as a cub with a sergeant of the CAVC
Winnie plays with a soldier's sleeve
Harry Colebourn
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Harry D. Colebourn was a Canadian veterinarian and officer with the Royal Canadian Army Veterinary Corps best known for donating a bear cub named "Winnie" to London Zoo. Winnie later inspired the crea
Winnipeg (bear)
…was the name given to a female black bear that lived at London Zoo from 1915 until her death in 1934. Purchased from a hunter by cavalry veterinarian Harry Colebourn, Winnie is best-remembered for inspiring the name of A. A. Milne and E. H. Shepard's character, Winnie-the-Pooh. Upon the outbreak of World War I in…
Colebourn is buried in a military cemetery in Canada underneath a regulation grave marker.