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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 ...
Knut, a polar bear at the Berlin Zoological Garden that died on 19 March 2011, was diagnosed with anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis in August 2015. This was the first case discovered in a non-human animal. [42] [43] [44]
The polar bear alert team's vehicles are gathering outside, trying to move a bear away from town. "If climate change continues," muses Tee's classmate Charlie, "the polar bears might just stop ...
Written by Craig Hatkoff and his daughters Juliana and Isabella, the 44-page book entitled "Knut, der kleine Eisbaerenjunge" ("Little Polar Bear Knut") includes Knut's life story as well as previously unpublished photographs. I know the source says "Eisbaerenjunge", but the real German title would probably be "Eisbärenjunge".
A man has been seriously injured after trying to prevent a polar bear from attacking his wife in northern Ontario, Canada. On Tuesday, Dec. 3, before 5 a.m. local time, an adult male and an adult ...
The polar bear then fled to a nearby wooded area, where it later died from the gunshot wounds. Officers with the Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service responded to the scene after reports of gunfire and a ...