Can This Baby Polar Bear Save the Species?
Because we can’t get enough of Siku, a polar bear cub born in captivity in Denmark. We just couldn’t NOT post another big picture of the baby cub.
The Scandinavian Wildlife Park is developing a new information program about climate change, sea ice in the Arctic Sea and polar bears. As the program evolves, Siku “will become an Ambassador for his wild cousins living in the Arctic,” continued the site, “Because the Scandinavian Wildlife Park has some of the best and largest polar bear facilities in the world, we are convinced that it will be possible for SIKU to become a normal functioning polar bear within a few years.”
![Knut (German pronunciation: [ˈknuːt]) (born 5 December 2006) is a polar bear who was born in captivity at the Zoologischer Garten Berlin. Rejected by his mother at birth, he was subsequently raised by zookeepers. He was the first polar bear cub to survive past infancy at the Berlin Zoo in more than thirty years. At one time the subject of international controversy, he became a popular tourist attraction and commercial success. After the German tabloid newspaper Bild ran a quote from an animal rights activist that seemingly called for the death of the young cub, a worldwide public outrage was caused as fans rallied in support of his being hand-raised by humans. Children protested outside the zoo, and many e-mails and letters expressing sympathy for the cub’s life were sent from around the world.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l54nshQoCK1qa5csqo1_500.jpg)
