Abandoned baby polar bear is 'better off dead' than raised in zoo ('Animal rights' activists)
< nitpick>Two years ago< /nitpick>, yes. Maybe they could climb into the enclosure to explain their position to Knut.
THE KNUT DISPUTE
Zoos Face Off in Polar Bear Brouhaha
12/17/2008
By Wiebke Hollersen
He’s the world’s most popular polar bear, and he’s brought thousands together. But for two German zoo directors he’s the focus of a simmering dispute about who really owns the once “Cute Knut.”
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A lawyer on the board of directors is currently familiarizing himself with Knut’s legal status.
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,596834,00.html