Its collection of over 100 animals includes wallabies, flamingos, North American river otters, an ocelot, a red wolf, two-toed sloths, alpacas, turtles, macaws, rescued birds of prey and owls, and four Andean spectacled bears.

[6] The Salisbury Zoo was the home of one of the longest-lived captive-bred spectacled, or Andean, bears in the world (as of 2011).

Spectacled bears in the wild generally live to be 25 years old, rarely reaching or exceeding 30.

She was unfortunately euthanized on November 9, 2011, following arthritic conditions, compromised mobility, and other issues associated with age.

[9] Gritto was sadly put to sleep on October 15, 2015, at 24 years of age, after suffering from a stroke.