万花筒 Kaleidoscope 2007-03-28&29, 北极熊的命运

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In Germany, an adorable baby polar bear at a zoo has set off an emotional debate. The issue is whether the cub¹ has become too dependent on humans. CBS news correspondent Sheila macvicar reports.

Make no mistake about it, this is one very cute bear, M Knut, the 4-month-old polar bear, starred / the Berlin Zoo, international celebrity² and now, the center of a bad-tempered³ row about whether he should be allowed to live. Knut is the first polar bear born here in 30 years that alone should guarantee fame. At the story of his birth, he was abandoned with his twin by their mother Tosca. She is a one-time circus bear, a first-time mother. She left her cubs⁴ on a rock to die.

Scooped⁵ up by keepers with a fishing net and spent 44 days in an incubator, bottle fed every few hours by his devoted⁶ keeper and mother-bear substitute on a mix of baby formula and cod-liver oil, with now, a little chopped-up chicken. Knut has thrived, with web pages, podcasts and weekly updates on the local news, Germans are entranced, Knut with a ball, Knut in the pool, Knut with a teddy bear.

Animal rights activists⁷ have been enraged⁸. On the front page of newspapers, they have argued nature should have taken its course, better a lethal⁹ injection than a bottle-fed Knut, in danger of losing his inner bear. The zoo has offered assurances to a horrified¹⁰ public that it has nothing but Knut's best interests at heart. And even the animal rights activists acknowledged it would be too cruel to put him to death now. As for the bear, he makes his debut¹¹ in front of an already adoring public later this week. Sheila macvicar, CBS news. London.

German news reports say that the zookeeper even plays Elvis Presley songs to the bear on a guitar, Knut has the life.