I just learned that another zoo in Germany is pulling the same stunt as when Knut was born. They are letting nature to take its course, opting to starve 3 polar bear cubs because their mum was not very interested in her new role. That is just truly insane! In the wild, animals may abandon their young but when a zoo animal abandons its young and we humans are aware of this, then something should be done to save these vulnerable little ones. Opting to not do a thing is like refusing to help the children of deadbeat human parents who fail to offer basic care, subjecting the poor kids to life’s extreme vulnerabilities and exploitations. There are heartless people out there but most people are unwilling to let a litter of puppies to die simply because their pet pooch decides to snub the little ones. Caring people are likely to at least care for the puppies until they can be given away or sold. Honestly, it doesn’t take a genius to figure out why zoo animals may struggle a bit more to take up the nurturing role of becoming a parent. Let’s give these three little ice bear babies a fair go. There are no lessons to be learned by allowing them to starve and there are only so few of them left on Earth now.
Note: I had wanted to post the above for weeks but chose to wait a little to see if I will hear some good news about the cubs. Well, I can now reveal the horrible news. The cubs mentioned in this post are now dead. They were all eaten by their mum, Wilma. This happened at Nuremberg Zoo and all because they don’t want another Knut Mania. Just where is the zoo’s duty of care?
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Aww. That is horrible! Poor little cubbikins! Awful. A zoo is not the wild, there is nothing "wild" about it. Of course they should take care of babies that have resulted in their care of the mother in captivity. Three little sweetie-cubs. It's so sad!
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