Jezebel: Berlin Zoo

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Anna Holmes — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:45:00 EST

[Berlin, November 27. Image via Getty]

Making A Buck Off Knut

Margaret Hartmann — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 10:45:00 EST

The son of the late German zookeeper who cared for Knut the polar bear is selling his father's possessions on eBay. More »

Berlin Gets Baby Hippo • Headbanging Can Seriously Hurt

Maria — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:30:00 EST

• A cute, unnamed 18-day-old hippo calf made her first public appearance at the Berlin Zoo yesterday. She is the first hippo to be born in Berlin in three years. • More »

The Bear Market

Maria — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 09:40:00 EST

You really know times are tough when even the world's cutest polar bear doesn't have any job security. Knut the polar bear literally wallowed in the dirt today after officials from the Berlin Zoo announced that they could no longer afford to keep him. Naturally, Berliners are outraged and 21,000 of the city's dwellers have signed a petition asking for Knut to stay. The Berlin Zoo says that Knut must leave by 2010, when he is expected to be transferred to a zoo in Gelsenkirchen where there is a young female polar bear named Lara. [Daily Mail] More »

Knut Zookeeper Found Dead • Cloistered Spanish Nuns Start Cooking Show

Maria — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:30:00 EDT

• Thomas Doerflein, the German zookeeper who cared for Knut, was found dead in his Berlin apartment today. He was 44. • Baleka Mbete may become the first South African female President after the forced resignation of Thabo Mbeki and before the installment of future South African President Jacob Zuma who cannot take over the country just yet because he is not a member of parliament. • Lesbian couples in Australia who have children via artificial fertilization can now have both mothers' names on birth certificates, granting them equal parental rights. • Marjorie Knoller, an attorney from California whose pit bulls mauled her neighbor to death in 2001 was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison after a judge reinstated second-degree manslaughter convictions that had previously been thrown out. • More »

The Germans, not doing much to combat any...

Jennifer — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 12:40:00 EST

The Germans, not doing much to combat any lingering stereotypes that they have the right to play God with the lives of innocents, have decided to let a still-unknown number of newborn polar bear cubs die, rather than hand-rear them and put the country through "Knutomania" all over again. The cubs were born in Nuremberg (oh, the irony) to two mothers (dubbed Wilma and Vera) who show little interest in rearing them. Update: Vera just ate one of her cubs. Hope you're happy now, Germans. [Das Spiegel; Reuters] More »

Loose Lips

Jessica G. — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 11:45:00 EST

Film producer Ash R. Shah has offered the Berlin Zoo $5 million for the rights to Knut the polar bear's story. But that's not all! Shah allegedly wants Suri Cruise to voice the formerly beleaguered bear. So far, the script consists of gurgling sounds and the words "mama" and "poopy." • Here's some pictures of Lindsay Lohan dry humping some dude at a bar in Italy. Straight class! • Speaking of classy, Pam Anderson rang in the New Year at LAX in Vegas. [Dlisted, Mollygood, A Socialite's Life] More »

Knut the polar bear, one-time star of the...

Jennifer — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 10:45:00 EST

Knut the polar bear, one-time star of the Berlin Zoo before he went all Effie White and got too fat to be a star, celebrated his first birthday yesterday. Knut now weighs a whopping 240 lbs. Here's what his first year will bring, according to his caretaker: "A spacious enclosure. A female partner. At some point, Knut needs to leave me." [CNN] More »