Eisbärbaby stars: From Karlsruhe Zoo to the world of attractions!

Eisbärbaby stars: From Karlsruhe Zoo to the world of attractions!

The history of polar bear breeding in the Karlsruhe Zoo is both fascinating and tragic. In 1978 the first polar bear boys were born here, an event that was supposed to shape the breeding of polar bears in Germany. The zoo became famous for its successful breeding programs after several bears from Russia were imported to expand the breeding base. The births of Anton and Antonia are particularly noteworthy. While Anton was born on December 22, 1989, his half -sister Antonia saw the light of day just a few weeks earlier, on November 24th. These births followed at a time when the zoo each generated a high success rate with various bear mothers of four different breeding animals, such as ka-news.de reported .

unique fates of the polar bear

Antonia, who was born as a dwarf ice bear, grew up in a special environment in the Karlsruhe Zoo. While her siblings could thrive well, Anton von weaker stature and had to be raised under special circumstances. Unfortunately, Anton later died of a tragic misfortune in the Stuttgart Zoo after eating dangerous objects. Antonia, on the other hand, developed into a unique attraction in the Gelsenkirchen Zoo, where she lives in a specially designed facility, which does justice to her needs, such as polarbearsusa.blogspot.com reported . Despite her special physical characteristics, she shows a happy and energetic personality and was even known as the "Oracle of Gelsenkirchen" because she was able to make remarkable predictions in football games.

The tragic events that influenced the polar bear population in the zoo in the late 1980s and early 1990s left a painful aftertaste in the history of animal breeding. An incident in 1990, in which several polar bears were shot under questionable circumstances in another zoo, accumulates shadows on the breeding efforts of the time. The dramatic and often tragic fates of the polar bears in the Karlsruhe Zoo remain in the memory - while they were famous for breeding, many of their stories are associated with loss and grief.