'World's saddest polar bear' exhibited in Chinese shopping mall

Updated: 2016-07-26 16:30

(People's Daily Online)

A polar bear stands at a door of a room in a shopping center in southern China's Guangzhou, Guangdong province, on July 27, 2016. [Photo/VCG]

A live polar bear currently on display in a shopping center in southern China's Guangzhou has recently triggered concerns from the mall's many visitors. Forced to live in the summer heat rather than its usual ice habitat, it has been dubbed the "world's saddest polar bear" by sympathetic viewers.