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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.
EHC Dynamo Berlin had been financed by the East German Ministry of the Interior until the end of 1990. [5] The club tried to distance itself from its East German image, under the leadership of Günter Haake and manager Lorenz Funk. [6] In 1992 the club was renamed again, this time to "EHC Eisbären Berlin" and also introduced the polar bear logo.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. With about 1,380 different species and over 20,200 animals, the zoo ...
Debby, a female polar bear at the Assiniboine Park Zoo in Winnipeg. She is the world's oldest known polar bear, dying at age 41. Flocke, a female polar bear, was born in captivity at the Nuremberg Zoo in Nuremberg, Germany, on 11 December 2007. After concerns over the cub's safety were raised due to her aggressive mother, Flocke was removed ...