Did you already have plans this week? Last-minute grocery shopping, a turkey to defrost or an evening of small talk with your extended family to prepare for?

Cancel them. Forget the bird, and look for dinner reservations. You’re going to the zoo.

This week is your last chance to visit Nora — the Oregon Zoo’s once-lonely , now beloved polar bear — before she leaves the Rose City for good , the zoo announced Monday. Fans can catch Nora at Polar Passage through Sunday to say their goodbyes and remember the good times .

Come December, Nora will start a new chapter at the Henry Vilas Zoo in Wisconsin, where zookeepers hope she’ll soon tackle another milestone.

“We know this is an important step for her as well as for the overall polar bear population,” said Rachel Ritchason, the O

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