i love him

WARNING: super biased post.

name: Knut
D.O.B: 5 December 2006
P.O.B: Berlin Zoo, Germany
weight: 8.7 kg
trivia: spent first 44 days of life in an incubator; his mother rejected him; his brother died; first polar bear to be born in Berlin Zoo for 30 years


he is the latest addition to the polar bear family of Zoo Berlin... and also the latest controversy in animal rights campaigns.

apparently, it is more humane to kill Knut by means of lethal injection than it is to raise him in Berlin Zoo. it is seemingly a violation of animal rights to keep a naturally free creature such as the polar bear in captivity...... even though he was born in the zoo.

in fact, Frank Albrecht [animal rights activist] is so concerned about the well-being of this bear that he said "the zoo must kill the bear".

but he's just a baby.

his mother rejected him [no, i'm serious] and in the wild, he would have had to fend for himself or die [usually the latter]. the argument is that the zoo should let the natural order of things be: that is they should kill Knut.

i guess they're right in one sense. we shouldn't interfere with nature. so the next time i see Mr. knut-must-die dying in a ditch, i'll just let nature take it's toll.

no i wouldn't. that's hell mean.

so why do they want to kill Knut?

the vet says Knut may one day be charged with the burden of creating more Knuts. that's quite selfish of us humans, keeping him in captivity just cause we want more Knuts. but hey, it beats no Knut at all.

here he is wrestling with that famous adidas ball from last year's world cup.

and here he is losing.

Viva Knut!