Knut was a polar bear born at Berlin Zoo, hand-reared after rejection by his mother, and became a global media phenomenon before his sudden death in 2011.

Berlin Zoological Garden, Germany

Story

Knut survived through hand-rearing and became a global media and zoo phenomenon.

His story is preserved with the welfare and commercialisation questions that surrounded his life.

Knut is archived because a famous animal image should not erase the individual animal’s vulnerability and early death.

Sources

• Wikipedia: Knut (polar bear)
• Berlin Zoo
• Wikimedia Commons: Knut