Baby Polar Bear May Be Euthanized in Germany
It is this simple. Poor little Knut and his brother were born in the Berlin Zoo by a first time mother polar bear who was once a circus bear. Unfortunately, she abandoned the cubs and one died before the zookeepers finally rescued Knut and bottle fed him. He is now a star attraction at the zoo via polar bear cam and newspaper and photos released to the public. He is now a healthy 19 pound bundle of white fur and cute bear cub antics.
So what's the problem? Why the pressure to make him walk "the Green Mile". It is coming from the last place you would expect. Animals right activist's in Germany feel he is better off dead than bottle fed and raised by humans. No Really, it is true. "Killing of an animal has nothing to do with animal protection" says Wolfgang Apel, who is the head of the German Federation for the Protection of Animals. Would you believe this German jerk? He has his own final solution for the polar bear cub. If he can't be bought up wild, then he believes nature should take its course and the cub killed. The fact that if the mother bear did take care of Knut then he would have grown up in the zoo anyway. This is not growing up wild.
Fortunately, the Zoo is fighting to keep the little bear alive. Public opinion is certainly in little Knut's favor. You can see the little guy on the zoo's web cam at its site.
Published by Stephen Joltin
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30 Comments
Post a CommentGreat article. I remember when this was all going on.
aww
the bear IS ALREADY ALIVE. it is our responsibility as humans to keep it that way. what makes this "activist" think that we have the right to be judge, jury, and executioner of one of gods creations, anyway? someone should put people like this "activist" to sleep, permanently.
Sad stuff - I didn't want to read it but wanted to find out the 'Why.'
See for yourself: http://www.zoo-berlin.de/erleben/jungtiere.html
It's an itty, bitty, furry, baby Polar Bear, just a cutie. It's Mom was a circus bear and abandoned it in the zoo. It's just another one of those run away Mom stories. Not much more.It didn't attack anyone and is only 19 pounds and likes to have its furry little ears and belly scratched.
That cub is a living breathing being. What would people do if one day activist turned on humans? Say do not intervene on a human baby's behalf because the mother had rejected. Just let nature take it's course. People need to realize that this type of thinking starts with animals or something viewed of a lesser being. If these types of people are allowed to follow through with their way of thinking with public approval, then they turn it on their own kind. Great article on behalf of that innocent little cub.
The kind of militancy that would have someone advocating to kill a healthy animal is insane. Save knut!
Save Knut!
Thanks for sharing this.