Kicking Controversy

Knut was hardly a year old when a controversy followed him in March 2007. It started when Frank Albrecht an animal right activist stated to Bild-Zeitung a German tabloid, that instead of raising the cub by humans he should have been killed. He tried to advocate his view by calling the act illegal as it was against the animal protection legislation. Another zoo director Wolfram Graf-Rudolf supported the view of Albrecht by saying zookeepers “should have had the courage to let the bear die.” But their suggestion did not go well with the public. In order to show their anger, a bunch of students staged a protest in the zoo with holding up the placards that read  “We Love Knut” and “Knut Must Live.”