'Cute Knut' raking in cash at Berlin Zoo
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"Cute Knut," Germany's celebrity polar bear cub, is turning into a moneymaker for the Berlin Zoo, which expects to bring in $3.3 million more than last year due to a dramatic rise in visitors.
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Nostalgia for symbols of the former communist East Germany remains a money-spinner in Berlin.
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Bamboo, a 38-year-old elephant with no close friends at Woodland Park Zoo and a limited tolerance for the high jinks of baby Hansa, is packing her trunk and heading for the zoo in Tacoma, which welcomes prickly pachyderms.
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Sydney's premier zoo is celebrating the  news that its 9-year-old Asian elephant is pregnant, but animal  rights groups are shocked that the zoo has let a juvenile  elephant fall pregnant.
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Knut, Berlin Zoo&#39;s celebrity polar bear cub, is growing from a cuddly ball of fur into a shaggy, powerful predator who could soon pose a serious threat to his devoted human keeper who has nursed him from birth.
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LONDON -- Missing marmosets, abducted alligators, purloined penguins: Thieves are targeting Europe's zoos and safari parks to supply animal collectors who want to own ever more exotic species.
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By Cammy Clark, The Miami Herald  Feb. 5--KEY WEST -- He has sold $30 million worth of his realism sculptures to museums, cities, private collectors and universities in such far-flung places as Hong Kong, Sydney, Istanbul and Kiev.
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Germany's fat cat tax dodgers were under fire Saturday from government ministers after it was revealed that possibly billions of euros had been channeled into accounts in Lichtenstein.
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"Obviously this baboon needed someone to communicate with"  A lonely baboon in a private Lithuanian zoo has adopted a chicken he saved from certain death last month and the two have formed a fast friendship, the zoo's director said on Friday. via Independent Online
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Germany's latest celebrity polar bear cub remains nameless _ but already boasts a dedicated Web site providing details of its health and giving readers a chance to christen the cuddly creature. The city of Nuremberg, in cooperation with its zoo, launched the site on Friday _ luring viewers with a gallery of photos of the winsome 4-week-old cub.Visitors also were inundating the site's operators with suggestions for names.'We're getting 15 e-mails with name suggestions every minute,' city spokesman Robert Hackner said. 'This afternoon we received over 1,000 suggestion for a name.' Read more
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The Berlin zoo's polar bear, Knut Â who garnered worldwide fame by being hand-raised by his keepers from a pint-sized fluffball to adulthood Â now has company.
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What will Germany's new polar bear celebrity be called?
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There is almost zero prize money in dog shows. Amanda Alexander has stockpiled close to 1,000 trophies, ribbons, plaques and certificates. Last year, a major trophy manufacturer in New York visited the shop to admire the collection.
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BUFFALO, N.Y. - She's a 200-pound-plus hugging machine, but her affection comes with a price. Police are warning men about the &quot;Hugging Bandit,&quot; who heartily embraces men coming out of downtown bars and leaves them wallet-less. Dozens of men say they have been victims.
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A spectacular exhibition of contemporary art, which opened in Berlin on Tuesday amid Jewish protests, drew accusations that its billionaire owner was exploiting art to redeem his family's Nazi past.
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It's a girl! Maybe. Zoo officials in Nuremberg announced Wednesday that Germany's new polar bear cub is probably a female.
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The stuffed bear specialist is ready to get stuffed with buyout offers.