The Dahlholzli Zoo in the Swiss city of Bern has caused a public outcry by killing a healthy baby brown bear because it was being bullied by its father and neglected by its mother. The zoo has said it will stuff and display it to teach children that "nature can be cruel."
Bear cub culling —
The Dahlholzli Zoo in the Swiss city of Bern has caused a public outcry by killing a healthy baby brown bear because it was being bullied by its father and neglected by its mother. The zoo has said it will stuff and display it to teach children that "nature can be cruel."
Baren Park Bern
Details of the fate of the baby brown bear, known only as Cub 4, came on the heels of outrage over the killing by Denmark's Copenhagen Zoo of a <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2014%2F02%2F09%2Fworld%2Feurope%2Fdenmark-zoo-giraffe%2Findex.html">young male giraffe named Marius</a> and<a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2014%2F03%2F26%2Fworld%2Feurope%2Fcopenhagen-zoo-lions%2Findex.html"> four lions</a>.
Bear cub culling —
Details of the fate of the baby brown bear, known only as Cub 4, came on the heels of outrage over the killing by Denmark's Copenhagen Zoo of a young male giraffe named Marius and four lions.
Baren Park Bern
In a photo released by the zoo, the bear cub is shown being euthanized. According to a media release, the zoo initially decided not to interfere with the bears' "natural" behavior. But the staff decided in April it would be kinder to kill the youngster.
Bear cub culling —
In a photo released by the zoo, the bear cub is shown being euthanized. According to a media release, the zoo initially decided not to interfere with the bears' "natural" behavior. But the staff decided in April it would be kinder to kill the youngster.
Baren Park Bern
Explaining the process, the zoo said it considers it central to learning that animals are experienced in as natural a condition as possible, including contact with "animal materials" like hides, bones or fully stuffed creatures.
Bear cub culling —
Explaining the process, the zoo said it considers it central to learning that animals are experienced in as natural a condition as possible, including contact with "animal materials" like hides, bones or fully stuffed creatures.
Baren Park Bern