Rejected

The Berlin zoo had another famous addition when Knut was born to Tosca a 20-year-old bear in December 2006. He was the first cub to live past infancy in almost 30 years in Berlin zoo. Unfortunately, he got rejected by his mother at the time he was born. His mother abandoned him and his brother at a rock in the polar bear enclosure. The zookeepers immediately came into action and rescued both the cubs by scooping them out of the enclosure with the help of fishing rod. Whereas Knut’s brother died four days after due to the infection, Knuts had to spend 44 days in an incubator. His miserable life took a positive turn when Thomas Dorflein, a zookeeper decided to raise him singlehandedly.