New Grizzly Ridge exhibit opens at Akron Zoo; Grizzly bears, birds, wolves and other animals ...

Jackson the grizzly bear gave Aaron Davis a surprise for his birthday. As the little boy peered through the glass at the two new grizzly bears at the Akron Zoo, the 320-pound Jackson climbed up the glass to take a look at the little boy. “They aren’t shy,” said Eric Albers, one of the zoo’s curators. Aaron, who turned 2, came to the zoo Saturday with his parents, Matt and Stephanie Davis, and his 2-month-old sister, Amber, to check out the $12.8 million Grizzly Ridge exhibit that opened to the public for the first time. “It is fantastic,” 31-year-old Matt Davis of Wadsworth said. Jackson and his...