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Despite a public outcry that resulted in more than a half-million petition signatures and a personal appeal by former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, Arturo, Argentina’s “sad bear,” has been deemed too old to migrate to Canada.

Social media has dubbed Arturo, a polar bear living in an Argentinian zoo, the “world’s saddest animal,” and more than 400,000 people have signed an online petition asking that he be moved to a “better life” in Canada.