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Berlin rallies behind baby bear



Knut the polar bear
Berlin Zoo has vowed it will not kill a baby polar bear amid a heated row over whether it is right to hand-rear the cub, who was rejected by his mother.
Knut has been nurtured by a keeper who has slept by his side, bottle-fed him, and strummed him Elvis Presley songs.

But suggestions the three-month-old should have been put down to stop him becoming emotionally and physically reliant on a human have caused outrage.

"We are keeping Knut," Berlin zoo's vet told the BBC. "He's staying alive."

The zoo says Knut should be strong enough to make his first public appearance at the end of this week, having amassed an army of fans who have followed his development - from walking to weaning - in the city's newspapers.

He has already posed for the world-renowned photographer Annie Leibovitz as part of an environmental campaign, and next week is to be the subject of a documentary series by German broadcaster ARD.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6470509.stm

(Check out the cool bear pics]

[canuckistan]

Polar bears are in decline--it would have been stupid to put him down. The polar bear world might soon need a diverse enough genetic pool to save the species.

[Ryst Helmut]

Viva la Knut!

Ok, was looking for this Knut first:





but then came across these:





[img]http://boldone894.stumbleupon.com/about[/img]




Ok...back to topic...

!shoosh,

Ryst

[djsmnc]

This story makes me think of teenage girls who leave their babies in trash cans.