Following the story of "Knut, the Cute" who rose to a celebrity status more than a year ago; when he and his brother were abandoned my the mom in Berlin zoo, and finally authorities rescued and reared the polar bear cub with human milk, fed him with special meals, gave him his own christmas tree to play with, played his favorite music to soothe and rock him to sleep, he now faces death sentence... Guess why, coz he was reared by human hands (supposedly against animal protection rights) and so he isn't a normal polar bear anymore, and neither can he be. Poor thing, what does he have to suffer for the authorities rearing him this way. He is indeed cuddled and pampered. Waiting for this fate to be decided; while me, an animal lover vouches for his life !!!
Another story which caught my attention today, is a female polar bear cub again being abandoned by her mom in Nuremberg zoo, Germany. Never knew animals had this sexual discrminiation, or maybe its some other reason. Another new mom in the same zoo ate/killed her cubs... and even though animals do this often when they suspect their cubs security, safety or due to their illness.... I couldn't help but copy and paste on my blog, when I saw those pictures...
What to say about this sad picture, where the mom carries the cub to keep it away from itself, and in the second picture, the new cub is being fed and nurtured by zoo keepers, to save a life.
Photo courtesy, Times of India picture gallery and The Time world report.
1 comment:
Hey came to know that the cub got named as "Flocke as in flake or snowflake because the cuddly little polar bear was reportedly as white as a snowflake Flocke".
They r indeed the celebrities of the wild,happened to watch the documentary abt the Panda cub Tai Shan, was amazed to see the celebrity care and pampering they get..
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