Showing posts with label bear. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bear. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

The story of Knut the polar bear



There has been plenty of hype around Knut the polar bear. A brief introduction about Knut is in order. He was born in the Berlin zoo and rejected by his mother for unknown reasons. He grew up in captivity past infancy ,became a celebrity and the zoo earned truckloads of money of his accord. One look at him and it's obvious what shot him to stardom. There is a corner inside every human being that Knut manages to touch and we go "Awwwww....." . The thing is, he is one and a half years old now. A big shaggy polar bear and getting increasingly less cute day by day. But people still remember him as Knut, the polar bear that was cute. How peculiar, that stardom in the animal kingdom fades with age too.

Thursday, June 12, 2008

Homeless



Majestic creatures should roam free. They command a respect that we humans are only obliged to fulfill. One look at this melancholy polar bear broke my heart. Looking at the world from behind a glass window begging to be taken away. All the little kids with their mums and dads pass by on the other side of the glass window. All he wants is a family that he can call his own. Not too much to ask for is it ?
A simple family ... that's all. Please take him away.