http://www.az10.com/rss.xml (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Video - Knut, the polar bear - The first polar bear cub to survive in more than thirty years Knut is a polar bear born in captivity at the Berlin Zoo on December 5th, 2006. The "Knutmania" exploded after his "debut" on March 23rd, 2007. Knuth was rejected by his mother (a former...
Morton's Musings (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
B.C. black bear pops in for fast food VANCOUVER (CBC) - It can be hard to resist popping into a fast food restaurant for a quick bite to eat, including it seems, for at least one black bear in B.C. Last Thursday morning, Rebecca Branton had just opened up a Subway restaurant in the north coast town of Kitimat, when her first visitor began sniffing around the front door. "I was just back there making...
David Drake (Free subscription) | 09/25/2008
Thomas Doerflein and Knut Thomas Doerflein, tha man at the German zoo who raised polar bear cub Knut has died . Digital Journal : The sweet man who was known for hand-feeding the Berlin born polar bear cub, Knut, died in his Berlin apartment earlier this week from a heart attack. Thomas Doerflein has taken care of Knut since his mother abandoned him in 2006. The man who served as the mother to the...
Morton's Musings (Free subscription) | 09/24/2008
Very sad loss of a good man -- and so young! Berlin mourns polar bear Knut's zookeeper 'dad' Josie Cox, Reuters BERLIN - Hundreds of Germans flocked to the Berlin zoo on Tuesday to mourn the sudden death of the popular zookeeper who raised celebrity polar bear Knut. "I have been visiting Knut at least once a week since his birth in December 2006," said Berliner Baerbel Roemer, as she laid down flowers...
New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 09/24/2008
Berlin prosecutors said an autopsy showed that the zookeeper who gained fame for hand-rearing the celebrity polar bear cub Knut died of a heart attack. Thomas Doerflein, 44, was found dead in a Berlin apartment on Tuesday.
Villainous Company (Free subscription) | 09/24/2008
Wow: The documentaries that showed him strumming Elvis's "(You're The) Devil in Disguise" on a guitar as he lulled the world's most famous polar bear to sleep were enough to win the hearts of millions of Germans. This week, Thomas Dörflein, the Berlin zoo keeper who raised Knut from cub to full maturity, was found dead in mysterious circumstances in a friend's Berlin apartment. (Reports suggested...
Mirror.co.uk (Free subscription) | 09/24/2008
The zoo keeper who raised Knut the polar bear cub after hewas rejected by his mother has been found dead.
USA Today (Free subscription) | 09/24/2008
Sept. 23 - Berlin prosecutors said an autopsy Tuesday showed that the zookeeper who gained fame for hand-rearing the celebrity polar bear cub Knut died of a heart attack.
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 09/23/2008
BERLIN (Reuters Life!) - Hundreds of Germans flocked to the Berlin zoo on Tuesday to mourn the sudden death of the popular zookeeper who raised celebrity polar bear Knut. "I have been visiting Knut at least once a week since his birth in December 2006," said Berliner Baerbel Roemer, as she laid down flowers in memory of zookeeper Thomas Doerflein at Knut's enclosure. "Doerflein is one of a kind and...
JammieWearingFool (Free subscription) | 09/23/2008
Well sort of. The zoo keeper who hand raised the not so lovable fuzz ball of a polar bear has died from a heart attack. First it was a panda bear who was his next door neighbor and now the curse of Knut has claimed another victim. Berlin prosecutors said an autopsy Tuesday showed that the zookeeper who gained fame for hand-rearing the celebrity polar bear cub Knut died of a heart attack. The
Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 09/23/2008
BERLIN, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- German authorities said Tuesday an autopsy would be performed on the body of the zookeeper who raised the orphan polar bear cub Knut. Thomas Dorflein, 44, Berlin, was found dead in his apartment under what the British newspaper The Independent said were suspicious circumstances. Dorflein had been ill recently and police would not comment on the possibility of suicide, according...
Gadling (Free subscription) | 09/23/2008
Filed under: News The front pages of German newspapers today all led with the same story: The death of Thomas Dörflein For a time, Dörflein was perhaps the most famous zookeeper in the world, thanks to his role as 'foster father' to polar bear Knut , the biggest celebrity animal the Berlin zoo has ever had. Knut captivated locals and tourists alike last year, and for good reason. First, he was cute...
Sky News (Free subscription) | 09/23/2008
A German zookeeper who won fame as the warm-hearted carer of celebrity polar bear Knut has died aged 44, according to Berlin police.
New York Times (Free subscription) | 09/23/2008
A zookeeper who achieved unlikely stardom as a surrogate parent for Knut the polar bear was found dead in a Berlin apartment on Monday.
Evening Standard (Free subscription) | 09/22/2008
The zookeeper who hand-reared the famous polar bear Knut has been found dead in a Berlin apartment.
