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  • September 2008

    • Heart Attack Killed Knut-Keeper

      Associated Press  |  Sep 23, 08 1:34 PM CDT

      Heart Attack Killed Knut-Keeper

      (AP) - Berlin prosecutors said an autopsy today showed that Thomas Doerflein, the zookeeper who gained fame for hand-rearing the polar bear cub Knut, died of a heart attack. The city's mayor paid tribute to him for writing Berlin history. "Other causes of death, in particular involvement by another party, are ruled out from a medical point of view," Berlin prosecutors said. More »

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      Germany  • heart attack  • Berlin  • Knut  • zookeeper  • autopsy

    • Knut's Surrogate Dad Dead at 44

      Der Spiegel  |  Sep 22, 08 3:09 PM CDT

      Knut's Surrogate Dad Dead at 44

      (Newser) - Thomas Dörflein, the Berlin zookeeper who raised polar bear Knut after his mother rejected him, was found dead in his apartment today, Der Spiegel reports. He was 44. Authorities said there was no evidence of foul play; Dörflein had been very sick. The keeper’s contact with Knut was cut off almost a year ago when the cub became too big to safely play with. More »

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      obituary  • Knut  • Berlin Zoo  • zookeeper  • surrogates

  • August 2008

    • DC Zoo Evicting Hippo

      Washington Post  |  Aug 3, 08 2:18 PM CDT

      DC Zoo Evicting Hippo

      (Newser) - The National Zoo is adding a new elephant sanctuary, reports the Washington Post, and the move is putting its sole Nile hippopotamus, Happy, out on the street in a year or so. The zoo will hold onto its pygmy hippos, but is more committed to Asian elephant programs. "You only have so much space available. We don't have a strong hippopotamus program right now," said a zoo spokesman. More »

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      zoo  • zookeeper  • National Zoo  • hippopotamus  • Nile  • pygmy hippos

  • July 2008

    • Tabby Adopts Red Panda Cub

      BBC  |  Jul 10, 08 9:39 AM CDT

      Tabby Adopts Red Panda Cub

      (Newser) - A newborn red panda rejected by its mother has been adopted by a zookeeper's cat, the BBC reports. The panda and its sibling were first put on an incubator at the Dutch zoo but the tabby cat, who had recently given birth, proved willing to take the kitten-sized panda cubs under her paw. The weaker panda cub died but the other, still nameless, is suckling with the kittens. More »

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      animal  • endangered species  • zoo  • cat  • panda  • zookeeper  • kitten

  • June 2008
  • March 2008
  • February 2008

    • Zoos Leap Into Year of Frog

      Florida Today  |  Feb 29, 08 9:23 AM CST

      Zoos Leap Into Year of Frog

      (Newser) - How could any zoo resist? Leap Day, in the Year of the Frog, is being celebrated by zoos and conservationists everywhere as the perfect time to draw attention to the plight of amphibians. "We want to get people talking about frogs and thinking about them," said one zookeeper. "But the main thing we want them to understand is that the frogs in their back yard are really, really important.”  More »

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      environment  • endangered species  • zoo  • zookeeper  • frogs  • leap year

    • Med Student's Kiss of Life Saves Tiger Cub

      Der Spiegel  |  Feb 3, 08 12:16 PM CST

      Med Student's Kiss of Life Saves Tiger Cub

      (Newser) - A medical student sprang into action when she spotted a tiger cub choking on a piece of meat at a German zoo—and gave the animal mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, or as Der Speigel reports, "mouth-to-muzzle" CPR. "The little baby tiger was gnawing meat off a bone. All of a sudden he couldn't breathe and lost consciousness," said the student, a 24-year-old mom visiting the zoo with her own baby. More »

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      zoo  • zookeeper  • tiger  • CPR  • mouth-to-mouth resuscitation

  • December 2007

    • Killer Tiger's Escape a Mystery

      San Francisco Chronicle  |  Dec 27, 07 6:19 AM CST

      Killer Tiger's Escape a Mystery

      (Newser) - The San Francisco Zoo remained shuttered today as investigators and grieving family alike struggled to understand how a Siberian tiger was able to escape her cage and maul 17-year-old Carlos Souza to death. "This is very rough on us," said an uncle. "He was a great kid." Police have opened a criminal investigation to determine if human involvement played a role in the cat's escape. More »

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      San Francisco Zoo  • zookeeper  • Tatiana  • Carlos Sousa Jr  • Siberian tiger  • Manuel Mollinedo

    • SF Zoo Probes Deadly Tiger Attack

      ABC News  |  Dec 26, 07 11:35 AM CST

      SF Zoo Probes Deadly Tiger Attack

      (Newser) - Investigators are attempting to figure out how a 350-pound Siberian tiger escaped her enclosure at the San Francisco Zoo yesterday, crossing a 15-foot moat and scaling a 20-foot wall. The tiger, Tatiana, killed a man and severely mauled two others before being shot and killed by police. The surviving victims are listed in critical but stable condition. More »

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      San Francisco  • San Francisco Zoo  • zookeeper  • tigers  • Tatiana

  • August 2007

    • Panda Attacks Zookeeper

      Associated Press  |  Aug 7, 07 8:06 AM CDT

      Panda Attacks Zookeeper

      (Newser) - A zookeeper in northwestern China needed more than a hundred stitches after being scratched and bitten by a panda. The keeper was feeding the 2-year-old from outside the cage when the lovable bear grabbed his arms and started biting. The panda—Lan Zai —had recently been transferred from another zoo, and wasn't yet used to the keeper. More »

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      animal  • zoo  • panda  • animal attack  • zookeeper  • attack

  • June 2007

    • 'Knut' No Longer Equals 'Cute'

      Reuters  |  Jun 1, 07 2:59 PM CDT

      'Knut' No Longer Equals 'Cute'

      (Newser) - Anyone who's ever had a nightmare about stuffed animals coming to life can relate to what Thomas Doerflein is going through. The zookeeper who's been celebrity polar bear cub Knut 's surrogate mother since the little camera hog was an adorable ball of fluff finds himself on the business end of an uncomfortable truth: Polar bears are ferocious predators. More »

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      Germany  • animal  • zoo  • polar bear  • Knut  • Berlin Zoo  • zookeeper  • Thomas Doerflein

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