Posted on 04/14/2008 3:24:05 PM PDT by dynachrome
Knut, the once-cute celebrity polar bear turned vicious killer, is at the center of a controversy over his brutal slaughter of ten carp at the Berlin Zoo. The massive polar bear, who has lived at the zoo since birth, apparently fished the carp out of the moat surrounding him and ripped them to shreds in front of several disgusted zoo patrons.
One of Germany's top newspapers, Bild, ran the headline "Knut Embroiled in Carp Scandal," and featured an article which quoted animal rights groups who criticized zoo officials for placing live animals within Knut's reach.
(Excerpt) Read more at gadling.com ...
I should have added to my original post “and then are completely shocked when the polar bear does what polar bears do with them!”
This is funny for me…So what?! It’s very normal for a polar bear fishing! What a silly. It would be strange if he ignore those fishes instead. Well just blame those people who work in Berlin zoo, who put the fish in Knut’s pool.
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