Sumar had probably the roughest start in life as his mother, Taima attacked him 3 months after his birth. He was soon separated from his mother and was sent to be with the park’s other females, Katina and Kalina. When he was just a year old it was decided to send him to SWC, where he met Corky. She became his surrogate mother and cared for him if he was her own son. Sumar was a good performer and knew lots of behaviours.

Although he was quite attentive, he could also be lazy sometimes. He did behaviours just halfway because he knew he got the same amount of rewards if he did the full behaviour. He was one of the major performers doing waterworks with trainers but on September7, 2010, Sumar suddenly died due to a twisted intestinal tract