Knut (polar bear) Wallpapers

Knut (polar bear) - Animals; photo wallpapers: Knut (IPA: [knʊ:t (c'noot)]) (born at the Zoologischer Garten Berlin on 5 December 2006) is a captive-born polar bear that is currently the subject of international popularity and controversy. He was rejected by his mother at birth and is consequently being raised by zoo handlers. After the unproblematic gestation time of the 20-year old polar bear Tosca, Knut and his brother were born on 5 December 2006. He was the first polar bear birth at the Berlin Zoo in over thirty years. Tosca, who is a former circus performer, rejected Knut and his brother. After four days, the brother died and Knut was separated from his mother by zoo workers. He spent the first 44 days of his life in an incubator.[br]On 23 March 2007, Knut was presented to the public for the first time.[br]The German Environment Minister, Sigmar Gabriel officially adopted Knut. The polar bear is now seen as a symbol for endangered species by global climate change. Knut will be the mascot animal for a conference on endangered species in 2008 held in Bonn.[br]Controversy - German tabloid Bild-Zeitung carried a quote by an animal rights activist named Frank Albrecht that said that Knut should have been killed rather than brought up suffering the humiliation of being treated as a domestic pet, thus declaring the zoo was violating animal protection legislation by keeping him alive. Wolfram Graf-Rudolf, head of the Aachen Zoo, stated that "One should have had the courage to let the bear die" after it was rejected, arguing that the bear will "die a little" every time it is separated from its caretaker. The Berlin Zoo has since rallied in support of the baby polar bear, vowing to not harm him. Albrecht, who was not associated with any animal rights organization, later claimed that he was misquoted, that he felt that it was inappropriate for Knut to be raised by humans but that he did not call for Knut's death. The publicity from this coverage raised Knut's profile from national to international.[br] [br]

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