Cute Knut on a diet!
Did you hear about the delightful little Polar bear born at the famous Berlin Zoo nine months ago? His mother , unfortunately rejected him at birth. It happens in the best (animal) families.
The little bundle of white fur was raised on a bottle and once they could confirm his survival they aptly named him Knut. The much loved cuddly little bear has become a celebrity overnight overshadowing his human counterparts successfully. (And he doesn’t even have spots!). The kids love him, his round the clock keepers are crazy about him and the press can’t get enough pictures and videos of him.
Some Animal activists however are up in arms. They say he should have been left to die. He will never be a ‘real Polar bear’ they argue. He should be killed for his own good demanded one ringleader.
Killed for his own good…. Excuse me?
Knut meanwhile has grown fond of croissants and other such delights and his keepers got strict: No more junk food and more exercise they ordered. After all he had to pose for his star photo session with Annie Leibivitz. He even made the cover of the European edition of Vanity fair!
Meanwhile school children are campaigning outside the zoo, outraged at the discussion of a lethal injection demanded by the animal activists. Finally the Zoo announced they had no intention of putting down their most prized exhibit.
And so Knut lives on, destined to become a mascot for an international environment conference next year. He is to stand up for the anticipated fate his wild cousins may face if the worlds ice cap continues to diminish at the present rate.
This is not just about one animal or one species. Knut will be instrumental in focusing on the plight of all wild animals faced with the loss of their habitat worldwide.
How would he have been off better dead, I ask you!
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on September 25th, 2007 at 8:22 pm
This topic made me remember the one of the white and rare gorilla “Snowflake” in Barcelone’s zoo.
on October 2nd, 2007 at 10:10 am
Jane said,
ON OCTOBER 2ND, 2007 AT 10.09AM
I enjoy all the news I read on your Blog. I categorically disagree with the
animal rights activists that the bear should have been left to die. He also has the right to live even though his mother abandoned him at such an
early age.
The bear is gorgeous and looks very fluffy!! I thank the school children for
their campaign!! I wish the animal right activists would read all the rescued
animal stories on: www.animalorphanagekenya.org/members.
on October 7th, 2007 at 2:38 pm
How wonderful that Knut made it to your Blog! Coming from Germany it was easy for me to follow his life on TV, every now and then. Knut is one of the most wonderful little bundles we have in one of our zoos and if it would have been his destiny to die, it would have happened right after his birth when his mother rejected him. He made it although it was a critical time during the first weeks. I think it is proof enough that it’s his fate to live and not to die!
Thanks that you brought this topic up! I love this “little” polar bear…who acutally isn’t that little anymore ;-).
And thanks to Thomas Dörflein who raised him from the moment he was born! He for sure safed his life!