[spitfire]

Originally posted by Sunny_01
I agree no healthy animal should be killed - but should a healthy animal be subjected to terrible cruelty by being locked into a cage that will not allow it to behave in a way that is normal for it.

Great reply,would you like a leaflet.

[Mrluvaluva]

Knut, the orphaned polar bear cub who gained global fame, has appeared as the star of a new documentary that details the first year of his life at Berlin Zoo.

And he's grown up fast - now weighing 22 stone, with fearsome claws and fangs.

Knut Und Seine Freunde - translated as Knut And Friends - celebrated its premiere on Sunday and is to be shown in cinemas across Germany from Thursday.

Directed by Michael Johnson, the film tells how Knut was rescued in 2006 after his mother abandoned him.

It is a "behind-the-scenes look at the cub's escapades", from him being fed his first bottle to him balancing precariously on a scale.

It shows Knut rooting through a bucket of several-dozen fish - and happily taking a large bite out of each one, to his keeper's dismay.

Alongside the tale of Knut are the stories of a polar bear family in the Arctic and a pair of brown bear cubs from Belarus.

Knut was raised by hand - a move that sparked controversy as some animal rights protesters argued he should have been left to die rather than be weaned by humans.

The aggressive one-year-old polar bear now weighs more than 18 stone and no longer has direct contact with the keepers who helped raise him.


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[GiRTh]

Thats what I call a bump.

[Tom]

No. Who are we to take the life away from something that is no danger to anyone else and clearly still has a good quality of life?

[Barbie]

i can see the natures way says it has been abandoned and therefore would die but being in a zoo is against nature anyway and we are guilty of making their numbers smaller therefore we should go against nature in order to fix what we did

[bigbr0ther]

Originally posted by Ruth
Personally I don't think the bear should be killed. But I wonder if people would care so much if it wasn't all cute and fluffy? What about if it was a really ugly looking creature?

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Of course an ugly creature would be allowed to live as well. Murder is wrong.