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Animal rights campaigners demand German Zoo kill baby Polar Bear Cub
2007-03-21


HE'S cute, he's cuddly, and according to some animal rights activist Knut the baby polar bear should die.

The three-month-old cub is at the centre of a media storm in Germany, with debate raging over the role of zoos and the "humanising" of wild animals.

more at link.
Posted by:Jailing Thrish7400

#24  these people are ass bacwards and deserve to be taken into the califate, fuck em.
Posted by: Kofi Fleager2979   2007-03-21 23:38  

#23  The old "wasn't meant to live" arguement.

Which applies rather well to a lot of these so-called animal rights activists. Two centuries ago, how many of these counter-productive maroons would have been left at the village's edge when winter came?

Trust me, you don't want the liver. Eskimos know, from hard learned lessons, that a grown polar bear's liver contains enough vitamin A to kill you a few times over.
Posted by: Zenster   2007-03-21 21:21  

#22  Why don't they wear a polar bear outfit when feeding it to remove the human familiarity factor ?
Posted by: wxjames   2007-03-21 15:40  

#21  Great insight Clint. The death-cult "philosopher kings" of the facist liberal movement just can't step up when push comes to shove.
Posted by: ex-lib   2007-03-21 14:49  

#20  Wolfram Ludwig, "One should have had the courage to kill him much earlier."



well wolfy have ya got the guts?

go ahead punk, make my day!
Posted by: Clint the Mouse   2007-03-21 14:43  

#19  I'll take the liver. But seriously I think these people are pissed because they didn't perform an abortion before the cute thing was born.

Steve is so right. Give the cub a year then put the PETA like freak in the cage with him. I'll bring the popcorn.
Posted by: Icerigger   2007-03-21 13:54  

#18  "It is not correct to bottle-feed a small polar bear. He will always be fixated on his keeper and will never grow to be a proper polar bear," he said.

The culture of death liberals are now after the polar bear cub. Will it ever stop? Besides, he's never going to grow up to be a proper polar bear anyway in the zoo. Also, doubtful the cug will stay fixated on the keeper. Bart the Bear of Hollywood fame had to be handled 10-12 hrs. a day, everyday, to be kept from reverting to his wild ways (like eating his trainer).

Misguided "morality" and arrogance are probably the most dangerous things on the planet.
Posted by: ex-lib   2007-03-21 13:47  

#17  #13: I'll kill it if I can BBQ it afterwards.

Avoid the liver!
Posted by: mojo   2007-03-21 13:47  

#16  The old "wasn't meant to live" arguement. Are we to take it that all these lunatics have signed DNR orders on themselves? Must have - same argument. No life support for you! Twits.
Posted by: Thinemp Whimble   2007-03-21 13:27  

#15  Give Mr. Environment a club and tell him to whack the critter himself if he wants it dead so bad.

Just to be sporting, let's give the bear a year and then allow Mr. Environment to try it.
Posted by: Steve White   2007-03-21 12:41  

#14  "Hand-rearing a polar bear is not appropriate and is a serious violation of animal rights," the Bild newspaper quoted animal rights campaigner Frank Albrecht as saying.

Can I see those animal rights amendments? Did you allow the animals to vote on them? Were the animals consulted on what they thought their rights should be? Who are you, Frank, to decide what the rights of animals should be?
Isn't assuming animals are capable of having rights humanizing them? If so, shouldn't they all be killed?
How long are people gonna put up with this insane bullshit?
Posted by: tu3031   2007-03-21 12:19  

#13  I'll kill it if I can BBQ it afterwards.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles in Blairistan   2007-03-21 11:52  

#12  Fine, we'll kill the ones demanding the bear be killed and feed them to the bear. How's that for a solution. I mean, it's obvious to me that they'll never be proper human beings, fixated on killing animals for no decent reason such as food or survival.
Posted by: Silentbrick   2007-03-21 10:38  

#11  Give Mr. Environment a club and tell him to whack the critter himself if he wants it dead so bad.
Posted by: mojo   2007-03-21 10:10  

#10  Hypocrisy, thy name is activism.
Posted by: DarthVader   2007-03-21 09:24  

#9  Let Knut grow up, then let the animal rights activists put him to sleep. With a hand-held needle -- no gun allowed.
Posted by: Perfesser   2007-03-21 08:56  

#8  "...never grow to be a proper polar bear,"

"And Condi will never grow to be a proper Nig... I mean proper Black."

Anyone else sense a pattern here?
Posted by: AlanC   2007-03-21 08:32  

#7  "It is not correct to bottle-feed a small polar bear. He will always be fixated on his keeper and will never grow to be a proper polar bear,"
I guess that's true in that he won't be out hunting seals, but I suppose they could allow him to hunt animal rights activists. A win-win for us and the bear.
Posted by: Spot   2007-03-21 08:18  

#6  It's a polar bear, not a choice.
Posted by: Seafarious   2007-03-21 08:01  

#5  Methinks some of these animal rights activists need some "humanising". I'll take the same bet as Steve.
Posted by: DanNY   2007-03-21 07:40  

#4  LOL, Steve!
Posted by: Mac   2007-03-21 07:36  

#3  Cute, cuddly teddy bear vs looney animal rights activists. I'll take the Bears and the points.
Posted by: Steve   2007-03-21 07:30  

#2  More on the story here:

The zoo says Knut should be strong enough to make his first public appearance at the end of this week, having amassed an army of fans who have followed his development - from walking to weaning - in the city's newspapers.

He has already posed for the world-renowned photographer Annie Leibovitz as part of an environmental campaign, and next week is to be the subject of a documentary series by German broadcaster ARD.

I'm pleasantly surprised.
Posted by: Mike   2007-03-21 06:14  

#1  Okay, Ill bite, am I to understand that humanism-luving Enviros, whom for decades had argued that mankind needs to do more to save the threatened specias of the world, now wanna see animals saved by such a life-saving prog destroyed??? For some reason I'm reminded of an AMERICAN DAD episode, the one where the Lefty daughter's enviro boyfriend is so dedicated/obsessed wid the enviro agenda he had lower 1/2 of his body buried in a large container of potted soil - when tipped over, he screams in horror "OMG, OMG, I'VE BEEN DE-POTTED/DE-SOILED", or something to that effect.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2007-03-21 00:51  

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