Knut, Gollam and Botok

I have been watching all the controversey in Germany for the little polar bear, Knut.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6470509.stm

An animal rights person had suggested that little Knut wouldn't be happy and able to thrive after his mother rejected him after he'd been born. Some animal rights activists, some of the more extreme ones, don't like the thought of animals as pets and I don't know if this thinking was influenced along those lines. And while I wouldn't really want a polar bear, sorry Knut but u grow to be v..e..r..y big, as a pet I don't see why little Knut shouldn't have his fun with the footballs and loo brushes (see photos in BBC article) just like other polar bear cubs.

Better that than what we sadly hear out in the wilds maybe where the polar bears are starting to be affected by global warming melting their ice and snow.

Knut is a polar bear and polar bears like the solitary life on the whole. I expect he'll be found a nice place to live that suits polars who aren't in the wild.

In Scotland there was a similar story though there was no question of little Gollam not being allowed to stay on.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/6405413.stm

and the lovely photos of this baby ring tailed lemuure

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/6405463.stm

with his fluffy toy.


I have a film to watch, much the same, this time in South Mongolia. This time it is about a rejected camel. The film is called The Story Of The Weeping Camel.

http://www.mrqe.com/lookup?The%20Story%20Of%20The%20Weeping%20Camel