"It's attached to humans, kill it!" says the animal 'rights' activists

In Germany, a baby polar bear is on death row, apparently. His mother rejected him and now a bunch of animal rights activists want him killed instead of trying to save him or use him for breeding purposes just for the reason he attached himself to his care takers.

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Kill tame bear, say animal nuts

March 20, 2007

ANIMAL-RIGHTS activists have called for a zoo’s baby Polar bear to be KILLED — because it relies on humans.

Knut became a superstar after he was rejected by his mother at birth last December. His twin brother died after just four days.

The hand-reared polar bear touched the hearts of the nation and became the symbol of Berlin Zoo. He was even photographed by star snapper Annie Leibowitz for an international campaign. But extremists in Germany claim Knut’s cuteness is against his own “animal rights” and he should be put to sleep.

Activist Frank Albrecht said last night: “The hand-rearing of Knut is a breach of the animal protection code. “He’ll rely on humans forever and this cannot be right.” Zoo director Wolfram Ludwig added: “He will not be a proper Polar bear. But it is too late to kill him now.”

Thousands of tourists flock to see Knut fed by a baby’s bottle every day. He was voted the city’s top citizen in a TV poll. Wolfgang Apel, of the German Animal Protection Society, said: “We must be careful with Knut but killing him is not the answer.”

Source: The Sun And here's all the other versions of the story from different places other then a tabloid.

I'm thinking they didn't get the memo that Polar Bears are endangered...

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Unforgiven

That's fucking ridiculous. How did they even get to that conclusion anyway?

My guess is that either the zoo was breeding polar bears to be released back into the wild and/or they said that Knut was going to be released back into the wild long before he was even born. But that still doesn't really explain why they want to kill him seeing as how there have been lots of instances of that happening else where with different animals. And usually the conclusion they end up with is either ship them out to a different zoo/Sea World/animal reserve or just keeping them in the same zoo for the rest of their lives.

There's nowhere I can't reach.