The Fate of Baby Polar Bear Knut

[Talysia]

Good point

 

[PTeppic]

There's a new Knut in town (also in Germany).
Hope this works...
BBC Media Player

 

[Ursa major]

I can only hope that extra Knuts will turn the tide against bear cub killing/abandonment in the Federal Republic.

(Didn't go to the link, just commenting on the (possible) demise of too many bears in Germany).

 

[Talysia]

Yes, I hope so too, Ursa.

And little Flocke is so cute! I guess I'm just a big softy when it comes to this sort of thing.

 

[Allegra]

Mama mia, what a sweetheart! I wanna abduct her! Thanks for the link PT. And I agree with Ursa. However I remember seeing the news lately Berlin zoo will leave the cubs to die if their mothers abandon them, hope it's not true!

 

[Ursa major]

And the latest news about Knut is...


...Berlin Zoo has paid a transfer fee:

Berlin Zoo has agreed to pay 430,000 euros (£370,000) to another German zoo in order to keep its celebrity polar bear and star attraction Knut.

Knut's father came from Neumuenster Zoo, which claims not only legal ownership of Knut but also a slice of the revenue he has generated.

Berlin Zoo offered Neumuenster 350,000 euros, but the latter sought 700,000 before the settlement was reached.

BBC NEWS | Europe | Star bear Knut to stay in Berlin
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[Allegra]

Is that Knut's picture? Did someone coloured him? Well, as long as Knut is doing well let the two legged fight for money - that's what they do all the time anyway.

Sadly, Knut won't get to see his stepfather again, he died last year:
Thomas Dörflein - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Ursa major]

Bad news, I'm afraid:

Several hundred visitors saw him [Knut] fall in enclosure, but cause of death of four-year-old bear is not yet clear

Knut, the polar bear raised by Berlin zoo keepers after being rejected by his mother, has collapsed and died unexpectedly in his compound. According to reports, several hundred visitors to the zoo saw him fall. The three other bears that usually shared his enclosure, including his mother Tosca, were not there.

From: Knut, the polar bear raised by Berlin zoo keepers, dies in compound | World news | guardian.co.uk
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[PTeppic]

Was sad to see the news. Hope they can work out what was wrong.

 

[Allegra]

Now they seemed to have found the cause finally: http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-34074324
Poor baby.

 

[BAYLOR]

Now they seemed to have found the cause finally: http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-34074324
Poor baby.

Very sad news.

With the premature melting of the ice packs in the north due to Global warming , I wonder if this species as a whole has any future at all.

 

[Allegra]

Very sad news.

With the premature melting of the ice packs in the north due to Global warming , I wonder if this species as a whole has any future at all.

Matter of time... I wonder if any species has much future at all, so to speak.

 

[BAYLOR]

Matter of time... I wonder if any species has much future at all, so to speak.

The Sumatran Rhino just recently the extinction club.

 

[Ursa major]

At the risk of sounding insensitive (it's black humour, honest): And yet other animals, Pandas being a good example, are in decline because they're not horny enough....


(Note: I don't think the Sumatran Rhino is extinct; however, this year, it can no longer be found in Malaysia (including Sabah) in the wild.)