Animal rights activists want to kill baby Polar Bear – Sick

Published on March 20th, 2007

He’s so cute. One day he will make one fine rug

Should this baby bear be killed? – Metro.co.uk:Animal rights activists are calling for a baby polar bear raised by humans to be killed.
The abandoned polar bear cub named Knut looks cute, cuddly and has become a front-page media darling, but now the activists insist he would have been better off dead than raised by humans.

“Feeding by hand is not species-appropriate but a gross violation of animal protection laws,” animal rights activist Frank Albrecht was quoted as saying by the mass-circulation Bild daily, which has featured regular photo spreads tracking fuzzy Knut’s frolicking.
“The zoo must kill the bear,” he added.

By the way, I was being sarcastic in the caption of the picture.

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# 1 James Hill said, on March 20th, 2007 at 11:13 am

Death for vengence (see, the right wing) or death for purpose (see, the left wing) is still death. I say kill the activists: If they’re so committed, they won’t mind.

# 2 curmudgen said, on March 20th, 2007 at 11:22 am

Animal rights activist Frank Albrecht, kiss my ass you Nazi Bastard.

# 3 Ben Drinkin said, on March 20th, 2007 at 11:34 am

Was Frank raised by bears, or was he actually fed and cared for by human hands as well?

# 4 Ben Drinkin said, on March 20th, 2007 at 11:36 am

By the way. If you’re looking for a really soft rug to lie down on in front of a fireplace, might I suggest Grandma-skin.

# 5 Mac Guy said, on March 20th, 2007 at 11:41 am

What’s next? Re-implement clubbing baby seals?

# 6 TJGeezer said, on March 20th, 2007 at 11:42 am

Jeez, there I go agreeing with James Hill again.

# 7 Damon Rondeau said, on March 20th, 2007 at 11:46 am

I come from a place where there are polar bears not too far away. If this so-called “activist” really gave a darn about polar bears he’d be putting all his energy into slowing down global warming. He wouldn’t be wasting time over this particular bear, who obviously should go to a good zoo somewhere. Here in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, we’ve got a couple of polar bears in the zoo who are very long-lived, happy and healthy. We have a 30-year old bear who’s in tremendous, happy condition.

This “activist” is a media showboat, doing more harm than good to the world’s polar bears. The harm comes from reasonable people who actually do know and care about these issues getting smeared with his crackpot version of reality.

# 8 Gig said, on March 20th, 2007 at 12:22 pm

If he really want the little fellow dead I hope that they make him wear a PETA t-shirt as he picks up that rock in the picture and bashes it in the head with it. Make sure the media is there.

# 9 gquaglia said, on March 20th, 2007 at 12:24 pm

Animal rights activist are as crazy and dangerous as any terrorist. They should be treated the same.

# 10 Jennifer said, on March 20th, 2007 at 12:32 pm

It would be nice if anyone actually read activist’s statement, where they explain how they are being intentionally misquoted. You folks are far too easy.

# 11 pedro said, on March 20th, 2007 at 12:44 pm

#6 you’re not alone, although I may argue that you can find purpose killers on the right as well as revenge killers on the left. Other than that, I agree.

#7 said: “This “activist” is a media showboat,:

A cigar for the gentelman in #7!

# 12 julieb said, on March 20th, 2007 at 1:06 pm

awww, he’s so cute! I want to pet him.

I think on hot days they should freeze treats in blocks of ice and let him play with them. People could come and watch and take pictures. It would be fun.

Oh yea, and not kill him.

# 13 Pete said, on March 20th, 2007 at 1:07 pm

#5 Saw part of a documentary that is coming out later month. We during a photo-op, this group calling for the ban of Canadian hunting seals (not pups.. but a few weeks longer) They let one agonize to death instead of putting out of it misery. And when it tried to escape into the water to die. One of the activist went and dragged it back out so it could be seen in the background. It died after 45 long minutes.

# 14 mandarin said, on March 20th, 2007 at 1:34 pm

The moment someone says feeding by hand is a gross violation pretty much labels this person as someone who needs to be given a reality check…. I assume he’s related to Jack Thompson.

# 15 Mike said, on March 20th, 2007 at 1:35 pm

Good thing we got over this “not species-appropriate” business years ago for things like dogs and cats. Can’t deny these people the pleasure from their own captives… I mean, pets.

# 16 Ian said, on March 20th, 2007 at 1:45 pm

Let it get raised by humans, and in 5-10 years it will viciously maul some caretaker and it will get killed anyway.

Always takes the injury/death of a human to sway these decisions in the end.

# 17 OhForTheLoveOf said, on March 20th, 2007 at 2:14 pm

#6 – and since Hill is a reactionary and a shill, you’d be making a mistake.

#9 – Bullshit.
——
WTF is up with this headline? Animal Rights ActivistS

# 18 curmudgen said, on March 20th, 2007 at 2:49 pm

#10
Please enlighten us. I thought the statement by the neonazi “The zoo must kill the bear,” was pretty clear.

# 19 BubbaRay said, on March 20th, 2007 at 3:31 pm

Oh, Good Grief! You’ll just have to fight it out amongst yourselves. Animal activists, get a life. I’ve got pets, and I’m glad mine didn’t succumb to the recent pet food debacle. Anti-animal rights activists, get a life. I suggest all get in a big stadium and throw dead animals at each other and call each other names.

Now, back to the Holy Wars in the Middle East, because ‘my god is better than your god.’ For goodness sakes, why don’t we fight over some really choice desert for a few thousand years first….

Just my 2 new ‘Gold Dollars’ worth.

# 20 Lauren the Ghoti said, on March 20th, 2007 at 4:14 pm

#10 – Jennifer

“It would be nice if anyone actually read activist’s statement, where they explain how they are being intentionally misquoted.”

Well, you didn’t post any link with your comment there, so I’ll go by Herr Albrecht’s own statement, quoted verbatim: “The zoo must kill the bear.” That is not a misquote.

Every time someone makes an unacceptable statement like that – on the record – as soon as the outrage and backlash begin, they start backpedalling; “I was misquoted,” “Well, that’s what I said but that’s not what I meant,” and similar lame attempts to rehabilitate themselves.

Aber das macht nicht aus. Herr Albrecht’s sentiment strongly suggests that he is a cold-blooded, arrogant sociopath, with delusions of grandeur indicated. He considers himself sufficiently superior to assume the role of an arbiter of life and death. With a bit more courage, his attitude is representative of a particular sort of serial murderer – far from unknown in Germany – who eradicates (“for their own good”) those he has, God-like, determined to suffer inadequate quality-of-life.

Little Knut is a considerably more valuable asset to the biosphere than Herr Albrecht…

# 21 Jägermeister said, on March 20th, 2007 at 4:31 pm

#1 – I say kill the activists.

Not often I agree with you, but I agree… if they’re so hell-bent on having something killed… why not themselves…

# 22 Ron Larson said, on March 20th, 2007 at 4:45 pm

In their minds, two wrongs make a right.

On the opposite side of the coin, animal lovers gets all bent out of shape when they try to cull animals. Two examples. First, off the coast of my hometown Santa Barbara are the Channel Islands. Eons ago boars were introduced to Santa Cruz Island (the largest). They are still there.

Every time the parks department tried to remove them (hunt them) to remove them from the island, all the animal lovers in my town get all bent out of shape. Despite the fact that the boars are non-native and very destructive.

Here in Australia, where I live now, kangaroos are as common as deer. And like deer, they need to have the herd thinned by culling. So when they have roo shoots, all the animal lovers get all bent out of shape. Despite the fact that the roos in some area are starving and fighting over thin resources.

Ya can’t win.

# 23 aaabbb said, on March 20th, 2007 at 4:47 pm

Um, the heading should really be: ONE SO-CALLED ANIMAL RIGHTS ACTIVIST

# 24 James Hill said, on March 20th, 2007 at 5:40 pm

#17 – In case you’re confused, when I go in all these weak political threads on here and use the word “hack”, I’m refering to people like you who can’t back up their bullshit.

You and those like you are the reason this place isn’t half as good as it could be.

What am I a shill for? How am I a reactionary? I consistently put forward a point of view that simply states that most political discussions are meaningless (like this one), as one side has an absolute that cannot be refuted. For better or worse, the last things I am are a shill or a reactionary.

# 25 Misanthropic Scott said, on March 20th, 2007 at 5:53 pm

I seem to be a bit late to this one, but here goes anyway.

Let me start by saying that I love wildlife and have traveled to a lot of remote places to see it, including Churchill for the polar bears.

These are probably the same PETA morons that free lobsters in the parking lots of restaurants and free lab animals with no survival skills and a high probability of communicable diseases. They would rather see an animal die a horribly gruesome death while free than suffer in captivity, even in cases like this where there would be loving humans taking excellent care of the animal. Even as a huge animal lover, I’d go with this PETA before the other.

http://tinyurl.com/2pqw96

#2 – curmudgen,

Wow!! Going for the fastest Godwin’s Law invocation in history?

#5 – Mac Guy

I think you’re missing something. The seal-clubbing is in full swing. Canada increased the take for the last several years. They’re clubbing around a hundred thousand harp seal pups a year, mostly for a growing Asian market.

#9 – gquaglia

Not all of us are insane like PETA. Some of us even eat meat. There’s no need for cruelty. And we shouldn’t eat predators or anything older than our grandmothers. But, eating prey animals is OK, as long as they’re killed humanely. Killing a precious baby polar bear as they become increasingly endangered due to climate change is just plain stupid.

#22 – Ron Larson,

I’m an environmentalist and animal activist. I gave money every year to a special fund of the Charles Darwin Research Station in the Galapagos Islands to eradicate (read kill) goats and pigs on the islands that were destroying habitat needed by the endangered tortoises. Please don’t lump us all together. Some of us take our views very seriously and weigh such necessities carefully and make educated decisions.

#23 – aaabbb,

Thank you!! Yes. Just one. One activist does not get to speak for all of us, especially a brain dead extremist!!

# 26 Angel H. Wong said, on March 20th, 2007 at 6:30 pm

#10

And this ladies and gentlemen, is why the majority of the animal rights activists are urban women.

#25

I thought they raised the take because Jennifere Lopez was out shopping

# 27 curmudgen said, on March 20th, 2007 at 7:00 pm

#25
I would rather think of it as Occam’s razor.

# 28 ChrisMac said, on March 21st, 2007 at 12:04 am

last time i checked..

“its” gotta be 18 to vote

# 29 r jones said, on March 21st, 2007 at 4:15 am

This story is a hoax. Do a google search for Frank Albrecht- there is only one story referencing him and it’s this one with no relation to any animal rights organization. It really ruffled the feathers of the long suffering and bloated meat eaters though didn’t it…

# 30 clubby said, on March 21st, 2007 at 4:41 am

#19 Hit it. Once this cute wild animal becomes a big wild animal it will look for food in people places and if people get in the way, he’ll kill them. This happens all the time in our state parks. For the record, I do love the irony.

# 31 Lauren the Ghoti said, on March 21st, 2007 at 4:48 am

#29 – r jones

Y’know, before you parade your smug, self-rightrous delusions of superiority before the world, maybe you could get some fucking reading skillz, y’think?

The name is F-R-A-N-Z. Try another clue: Der Bildis a German paper. That tell you anything, Brainiac?

If you can tear yourself away from admiring yourself in the mirror, please resume demonstrating how you vegetarian lackwits are so much better than we ‘meat eaters’ – as if that has the first thing to do with this story…

Dipshit.

# 32 Lauren the Ghoti said, on March 21st, 2007 at 4:58 am

#30 – clubby

You’re so right. Every day, I open the newspaper to read of yet another tragic attack in a state park – by a fucking polar bear.

Y’know, maybe you and r jones there need to get together and open a think tank for idiots.

# 33 OhForTheLoveOf said, on March 21st, 2007 at 5:24 am

#24 – #

#17 – In case you’re confused, when I go in all these weak political threads on here and use the word “hack”, I’m refering to people like you who can’t back up their bullshit.

You and those like you are the reason this place isn’t half as good as it could be.

What am I a shill for? How am I a reactionary? I consistently put forward a point of view that simply states that most political discussions are meaningless (like this one), as one side has an absolute that cannot be refuted. For better or worse, the last things I am are a shill or a reactionary.

Comment by James Hill — 3/20/2007 @ 5:40 pm

I did in fact back up my bullshit, which you never do, but since john is using Flintstones Grade software, it seems that the two paragraphs I wrote are gone.

You don’t “use” the word hack as much as abuse it. Nor do you typically say anything useful at all. You storm into a thread, call someone a hack, declare the topic useless, and bail without any substance at all.

You are a shill for the right wing nutjob platform. And you never listen, because if you did, you’d know that there is no fucking way I am on the side of the anti-polar bear guy.

You don’t know anything about me. You just think I’m a liberal and since you don’t know what a liberal is, choosing instead to cling to a dumb-ass Faux News/Neocon fantasy definition of what a liberal is, you make false assumptions about me… and I don’t care.

Now, my point was that the headline to this article was unfair as it refered to the plural activists when it is in fact about one bonehead who wants to kill a polar bear. Only when I wrote it before, it was very funny and including several sharb jabs at various players in the whole non-story.

James, get off your pedastal. You are not smarter than me, and you aren’t smarter than anyone else around here.

# 34 Jennifer said, on March 21st, 2007 at 6:57 am

http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/strange/news-article.aspx?storyid=78269

# 35 James Hill said, on March 21st, 2007 at 10:45 am

#33 – You’re pretty defensive for someone who’s so sure of himself. Probably means you’re not that sure of yourself, must less intelligent enough to navigate the word processing power of this blog.

(Notice how in two sentences I took care of your entire rant. That’s intelligence, son.)

# 36 OhForTheLoveOf said, on March 21st, 2007 at 12:54 pm

#35… I’m not at all sure what you think is rant like or defens… no wait… nothing is defensive, is it… See, you are so good at empty smug bullshit and a condescending attitude, that for a brief glimmering moment I thought you were serious.

Well, we all know you a troll, and I have lot’s a troll food. But honestly, while I know you aren’t smarter than me, I doubt you are dumber than me. It would be nice if you could stop being a pompous jackass and actually engage in a dialog once in a while.

And remember… never use one word when ten will do.

# 37 r jones said, on March 21st, 2007 at 1:13 pm

#31 I know I’m better than you and your wife agrees.

# 38 fede said, on March 21st, 2007 at 8:07 pm

sabes a quien hay que matar… hay que matarte a vos hijo de mil putas
si te cruzo por la calle te cago a trompadas zorete mal cagado y nacido.

que tu puta vieja tendria que haberse muerto antes de darte a luz

mira no me gasto mas en escribirte porque es perder tiempo en un mal parido como vos y no estoy para eso

te vas a morir por hijo de puta

…

# 39 joshua said, on March 22nd, 2007 at 1:13 am

#31 and #32…..Gotti, you made my day with those 2 posts. I was just sitting here thinking about all the death and destruction caused by roving bands of polar bears in our parks.

To be honest, Herr Albrecht was attempting to make a point that I tend to agree with. Unfortunatly, he chose the wrong target. As an Animal advocate, I don’t agree with the killing of any animal not specifically raised for food(I can hear the screaming now, but we all, humans, animals and others, have the right to provide food for ourselves to ensure our survival, and I believe man is primarily a carnivore)……..but I also understand the point the nice Doctor was trying to make. Taking an animal from the wild and allowing it to become **humanized** almost certainly means the animals death when re-released to the wild.(it’s why groups who treat injured or abandoned animals avoid contact with the animals as much as possible)……the Doctors mistake here is that this is a Zoo born animal that will never be released to the wild. While the keeper in this case may have gone over board and could be raising a problem bear, under normal circumstances, there shouldn’t be a problem.

# 40 dude said, on March 22nd, 2007 at 4:55 am

Put nazi frank in the pen with Knut’s mother do discuss the situation! then have him try the lethal injection first to make sure it’s painless!!!!

# 41 jb said, on March 22nd, 2007 at 10:01 pm

Frank Albrecht should be the one thats killed. So much for being an animal rights activist. YOU SICK BASTARD. As an animal rights activist you should be protecting the life of that innocent creature regardless of the means used to keep him alive.

# 42 Rajene said, on March 28th, 2007 at 12:53 pm

Don’t kill the animals. this country so many bastard without father living that kind human have killed.

# 43 Jamie said, on April 11th, 2007 at 4:56 pm

WTF?!?! Why would they want to kill the polar bear if they are “All about saving the animals” I love animals and am against animal cruelty. Peta sounds like hypocrites to me! You should never have to kill a helpless animal for no reason!!

# 44 Crise Billwalk said, on October 20th, 2007 at 7:45 am

These people who want to kill the baby polar bear are assholes, and they discourage the entire animal rights movement. Animal rights isn’t about killing animals who are in nature, animal rights is about protecting, liberating animals from torturous situations, and not eating or using animals for entertainment or animal testing. I am a vegan animal rights supporter, and when I see this, it makes ME feel sick that someone, who CLAIMS TO BE AN ANIMAL RIGHTS ACTIVIST, would want to have a little tiny polar bear slain. Now that’s not animal rights. Animal rights is compassion for animals, not slaying all animals that aren’t in nature. I think this website is made up of faggot motherfuckers, dvorak, because the caption below the Knut picture says “One day he’ll make a fine rug.” Fuck you all!

# 45 Qiana said, on April 23rd, 2008 at 10:57 am

I think this is ridiculous… if you say we should kill the bear because it was raised by humans, then why wouldn’t we kill all the animals that have been kept and raised in captivity at the zoos and wild life refuges? Haven’t they been raised by humans too?

# 46 Nilla Wafer said, on April 23rd, 2008 at 10:59 am

WOW ok so this is the lamest thing i have ever heard! i agree with that one person… let humans continue to raise it and let us kill it later due to it attacking a caretaker.. at least it got a good 5-10 years in. guess im just stuck on the whole killing a baby thing. for some reason killing an adult bear sounds not as bad… just me?? (=

# 47 Selah_21 said, on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:01 am

# 48 bobbo said, on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:09 am

#46–Selah==no, not just you. Lots of people get stupid over kiddies.

# 49 Selah_21 said, on April 24th, 2008 at 10:33 am

Hey, Bobbo!
if that was infact ur real name, (sarcasim) naw, i was just trying to lighten the mood! all jokes! the bear deserves to live regardless of the age.

# 50 BEAR LUVER! said, on April 2nd, 2009 at 11:21 am

DONT KILL BEARS!

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