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This decision came at a time when the zoo was receiving negative attention from the media after another female polar bear reportedly ate her newly born cubs. Like Knut, a captive-born and handraised polar bear at the Berlin Zoo, Flocke ("flake" in German) quickly became a media sensation. After she made her debut to the public on 8 April 2008 ...
The Berlin Zoological Garden (German: Zoologischer Garten Berlin, pronounced [tsoːoˌloːɡɪʃɐ ˈɡaʁtn̩ bɛʁˈliːn] ⓘ) is the oldest surviving and best-known zoo in Germany. Opened in 1844, it covers 35 hectares (86.5 acres) and is located in Berlin 's Tiergarten .
Disputes between the two zoos continued into 2009. On 19 May, the Berlin Zoo offered to buy Knut from Neumünster and therefore negate their financial claim on the two-year-old polar bear. Although Neumünster Zoo set a price of €700,000, the Berlin Zoo stated that they would not pay "a cent more" than €350,000 ($488,145). [37]
A baby polar cub showed off her swimming skills to the delight of visitors at the Berlin Tierpark. Rough cut (no reporter narration) Berlin zoo proudly shows off polar bear cub [Video]
A four-month-old polar bear born at Tierpark zoo was named Hertha, after the local Bundesliga soccer club which will be its sponsor in the country. Berlin zoo unveils name of new polar bear cub ...
Knut, a male polar bear born in captivity at the Berlin Zoological Garden, was rejected by his mother at birth and raised by zookeepers. He was the first polar bear cub to survive past infancy at the Berlin Zoo in more than 30 years. At one time the subject of international controversy, he became a tourist attraction and commercial success. [42]
A female polar bear "died from a broken heart" at SeaWorld San Diego on Tuesday, just months after her best friend of 20 years was transferred to another zoo, according to People for the Ethical ...
Thomas Dörflein in 2007. Thomas Dörflein (13 October 1963 – 22 September 2008) was a German zookeeper at the Berlin Zoological Garden for 26 years. After the baby polar bear Knut was abandoned by his mother shortly after his birth in 2006, Dörflein—who cared for both the zoo's wolves and the bears—was assigned as the cub's caretaker.