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Knut is a cute baby Polar Bear at the Berlin Zoo. (First one born there in over 30 years.) He was rejected by his mother so he is being raised by humans and some people want him dead. Luckily the zoo will not hear of such a thing. What do you think? I think Knut should live. I don't see the harm.

Knut Should Be Killed, Say Some Animal Activists

Berlin's polar bear cub Knut is more famous than ever. Even star photographer Annie Leibovitz has been to take his picture. But not everyone loves the little bear. Animal rights activists want him put to sleep because he has been raised on a bottle.
source: http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,472480,00.html
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This isn't so much of a poll as it is a discussion thread, so I think this belongs better in Other Chat.

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How can these animal activists which claims to love and care for animals decide on thier own free will that this bear must be killed? Once again, the fate of an animal lies in the hands of human beings. We are the caretakers here, so why should we put down something that is living and not grant the polar bear an opportunity to live? They should start to think about the welfare of animals in the world and not about their own agenda mixed with politics.

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I can see putting it to sleep if it were seriously injured or incapable of living comfortably but...just because it's not living naturally like other bears is meaningless; it's still perfectly healthy despite being raised by human hand. I don't agree with this at all.

I am surprised to hear it's happened before with other animals, however. I mean, I know it's not "natural" to be fully dependent on zookeepers but...it's not like they're going to be out in the wild anyway if they're raised to be kept in containment at the zoo. I'm not sure I understand what the big deal is. o_o;


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The activists should first criticize themselves why they're using manmade electronic products and visiting the supermarket for food instead of hunting for them like what 'nature intended them to be.'

Seriously... great if they can live on their own, but if they can't, then we just kill them off? Pandas basically leech off humans now with only less than 100 of them in the wild to reproduce with biologists' help in order to withstand extinction... nobody complained about them huh >>;

It's just one of those things where when you get too famous, *somebody* will want you to die or sue you for billions, even if you are an animal and not a famous human being.

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Well, if the mother doesn't want it, I don't see the use of it for humans. But truthfully, I am indifferent in this situation. Live or die, I don't care. I feel more on the animal activist side though.

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UH I MEAN. He is the kawaii-whatever-desu! He shouldn't be killed! ) ' :
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Well, if the mother doesn't want it, I don't see the use of it for humans. But truthfully, I am indifferent in this situation. Live or die, I don't care. I feel more on the animal activist side though.

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UH I MEAN. He is the kawaii-whatever-desu! He shouldn't be killed! ) ' :
Well, for one, it's going to be displayed in a zoo, so it does have use to humans, even if it's just to generate money from paying visitors. It's a polar bear--an animal--so people will come to see it. I don't see how its being raised by humans can change that. I'd assume killing any healthy animal would be detrimental to a zoo.

But then, I really have no idea how zoos work. XD


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Haha, I forgot that this -was- some whole zoo thingy. Just remember, I won't mind when some kid is chucking a few peanuts at it.
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I've heard of loads of cases like this, there should be something to sort this situation before the baby animla can get even moe stressed. Because more than one time or another, I've saw a baby animal get rejected by it's Mother. And sometimes I've saw it get put to sleep, and sometimes I have saw humans raising it.

Yes, humans CAN raise it, but it would take a lot of effort to be brought into the world like all the others, with no mother, and just humans to guide it through the world. If I would of been in that position, I swear I'd be lost. o_o; But then again, if humans have enough dedication to bring the Knut by itself, then they should, it shouldn't be left out like this.

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Most zoos have banned stuff like that. You can only feed animals on special attractions in England now. Not sure about Germany though.
Uh, I didn't mean it like that. It was just a bit of a reminder on how much I appear apathetic about it. I mean, what zoo would allow food throwing? :/
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The activists should first criticize themselves why they're using manmade electronic products and visiting the supermarket for food instead of hunting for them like what 'nature intended them to be.'

Seriously... great if they can live on their own, but if they can't, then we just kill them off? Pandas basically leech off humans now with only less than 100 of them in the wild to reproduce with biologists' help in order to withstand extinction... nobody complained about them huh >>;

It's just one of those things where when you get too famous, *somebody* will want you to die or sue you for billions, even if you are an animal and not a famous human being.
o_o I agree entirely with you~ @@ I really don't see why people would say that a poor defenseless cub should die. I don't think people have a right to say that. >/ It makes me even more upset to hear that it is activists who think that it is better to kill the poor bear off.

._. I say let it live. Give it a chance~
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Precisely. Compare Knut with a human being such as ourselves. If the human wasn't raised naturally, let's say, the human was raised by wolves. Would we kill them? Shift thinks not.


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