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Critics say bottle-feeding polar bear cub will produce 'a second psychopath'

By Sam Gale Rosen, Newser Staff

Posted Jan 15, 2008 11:20 AM CST

(Newser) – The Nuremberg zoo's new polar bear cub, cute as she is, is highlighting the sometimes stark and brutal condition the animals face in captivity. Some biologists say the decision to bottle-feed the cub after her mother rejected her—as was done with superstar bear Knut—... Read full story »

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