Knut receives an anonymous death threat · 2007-04-20 15:49
Celebrity polar bear cub Knut at Berlin Zoo has received an anonymous death threat, the BBC reported.
Reports said the zoo had received a hand-written fax containing the threat: “Knut is dead! Thursday midday.”
But Berlin police dismissed the note as a hoax and the deadline passed safely for the four-month-old baby bear.
“He is safe and in good spirits,” zoo official Ragnar Kuehne said after the deadline had passed.
Knut became a media star after there were calls for him to be killed rather than hand-reared at the zoo. His mother had rejected him after he was born.
The media frenzy over Knut boosted visitor numbers to 200,000 in March – double the zoo’s normal figure.
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