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Knut (German pronunciation: ⓘ; 5 December 2006 – 19 March 2011) was an orphaned polar bear born in captivity at the Berlin Zoological Garden. Rejected by his mother at birth, he was raised by zookeepers. He was the first polar bear cub to survive past infancy at the Berlin Zoo in more than 30 years.
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.
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 ...
Sean Gallup/Getty Images Knut the polar bear, one of the star tourist attractions in Berlin, Germany, may continue to draw visitors for decades to come if plans to stuff and display the animal at ...
Knut during his public unveiling at the Berlin Zoo on 23 March 2007. Knut (5 December 2006 – 19 March 2011) was a polar bear who was born in (5 December 2006 – 19 March
Like a Polar Bear online that has people absolutely smitten. The little guy was taking a wee bit of a nap on top of a rock. ... The video shows the bear deep in slumberland. We wonder what he was ...
While unveiling threat # .5 as an addendum to yesterday's threatdown, Colbert finds himself in agreement with a German environmentalist over the euthanasia of Knut, a polar bear cub at the Berlin zoo, until Colbert becomes suddenly enamored when viewing footage of the cub.
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