Berlin Zoological Garden - Animals

Animals

The polar bear Knut was born in captivity at the Zoo on 5 December 2006. Rejected by his mother at birth, he was subsequently raised by zookeepers and became the center of a mass media phenomenon that spanned the globe, quickly spawning numerous toys, media specials, DVDs, and books. Because of this, the cub was largely responsible for a significant increase in revenue, estimated at about five million euros, at the Berlin Zoo in 2007. Zoo attendance figures for the year increased by an estimated 30 percent making it the most profitable year in its 165-year history. Knut died on 19 March 2011 after collapsing in his exhibit.

Bao Bao (born 1978) was the only Giant Panda in a German zoo and the eldest known Giant Panda in a zoo worldwide. Like many of his kind, he is on a permanent loan from China for breeding purposes. In spite of several artificial insemination experiments with a female named Yan Yan (who died in captivity in 2007), there were no offspring. Bao Bao died on 22 August 2012

  • Knut and his keeper Thomas Dörflein

  • Red-legged Seriema

  • Giant Panda Bao Bao

  • Inca Tern

  • Bactrian Camel

  • Lion

  • Tuatara

  • Brown Fur Seal

  • Giraffe

  • King Vulture

  • Burrowing Owl

  • Red Kangaroo

  • Southern Ostrich

  • Penguins

  • Springbok

  • Asian Elephant

  • Tayra

  • Black-winged Red Bishop

  • Grey Wolf

  • South American Coati

  • Ursus arctos

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