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Knut's Keeper Dies

by ClizBiz at 7:19pm Wed, 24 Sep 2008 under Life, Europe, zoos, polar bears, wild animals, knut, Thomas Dörflein, Berlin
Thomas Dörflein died this week leaving behind one very confused bear. Dörflein, a keeper with the Berlin Zoo, was known to the world as the surrogate father of Knut, a polar bear rejected by his mother, Tosca, at birth. Born in December 2006, Dörflein actually moved into the animal's enclosure to provide round-the-clock care.