Polar bear Knut is dead! :-(

[Kirsten]

Do you remember Knut, the sweet polar bear cub that's been handraised in the zoo of Berlin in 2007? He was all over the media those days.

His life changed drastically when his beloved animal keeper, Thomas Doerflein, died from a heart attack when Knut was two years old. Knut was so lonely and sad in his last years. Now he followed his beloved friend...

R.I.P. sweet Knut!

Star polar bear Knut found dead

[phesina]

Oh, how sad.. but what a happy reunion at the Bridge!

Rest in peace, dear Knut, home again at last with your beloved friend.

[Kirsten]

I imagine the two of them playing happily at the Bridge now!


Here are some older Knut links, for those who like to remember him:

Polar bear baby Knut - cute, cute, CUTE!!!

Little Knut is crying for his "dad"

Polar bear Knut's zookeeper is dead!

[sana]

that's so sad...I have never heard of him, but he looks so sweet...

[Freedom]

Even for a polar bear in captivity, three is quite young. So sad.

RIP Knut.

[pomtzu]

RIP Knut.

I love polar bears. It's hard to believe tho, that those cute little balls of fluff, grow up to be such vicious killers. Whenever there is any type of special on t.v. about polar bears, I always make a point of watching it. I hope the melting ice subsides, and that they do not become endangered. It would be so tragic to see them disappear.

[Karen]

Rest in Peace, dear one. Polar bears in the wild stay with their mother for a long time, often more than 30 months, and dear Knut's "mother" having passed away when he was 2 probably meant he was soooo sad. I am sure they are reunited in heaven.