 Enews 2.0 | A New Star is Born: Polar Bear Cub Flocke to Make Zoo Debut Enews 2.0, UK - By Junia Mink Nuremberg city and zoo officials on Tuesday introduced Germany ’s latest polar bear cub, Flocke, to an anxious public, the Associated Press ... |
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Day in pictures
BBC News, UK - 3 hours ago
Four-month-old polar bear cub Flocke romps in the pool during her second outdoor trip at Nuremberg Zoo, southern Germany. |
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Zoo under fire over Flocke publicity effect
Guardian, UK - Apr 9, 2008
Flocke, the four-month old polar bear cub, plays during her debut at the Nuremberg zoo. Photograph: Johannes Simon/Getty Images The latest German polar bear ... |
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Picture Post: Polar position? Flocke, Nuremberg Zoo, 08.04.08
Independent, UK - Apr 9, 2008
Flocke, a recently born cub ......
You might not think it, to look at these cuddly pictures, but the prospect of a polar bear "war" was looming large over Germany yesterday.
Flocke, a recently born cub who caught the public imagination by being rejected by parents and raised by humans, was making a long-awaited public debut – accompanied by her keepers, including Horst Maussner (right), before a 350-strong crowd of excited press photographers, TV camera crews and cheering fans. The four month-old female, whose name translates as "snowflake".......
Reuters
Polar bear cub Flocke (snowflake) plays with zoo keeper Horst Maussner.
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Easter Island's vandalizing tourist fined Seattle Times, United States - Say hello to Flocke, the new polar-bear cub likely to rival predecessor Knut in popularity among German zoogoers. In her debut Tuesday before television ... |
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Flocking to Flocke
Seattle Times, United States - 1 hour ago
Say hello to Flocke, the new polar-bear cub likely to rival predecessor Knut in popularity among Say hello to Flocke, the new polar-bear cub likely to rival predecessor Knut in popularity among German zoogoers. In her debut Tuesday before television cameras at the Nuremberg city zoo, the 4-month-old slowly nosed around the rocks and grass before plunging into the water and later nibbling on a zookeeper's shoe. Flocke was born Dec. 11 and then rejected by her mother. |
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Move over Knut, Flocke’s out now
Metro Canada - Toronto, Canada -
4 minutes ago "Not only Nuremberg, but the whole world has been in Flocke fever" ... 
 Never mind the burly polar bear Knut, here's the cute new cub Flocke. With all the fanfare of a movie premiere or record release, Nuremberg city and zoo officials on Tuesday introduced Germany's latest winsome polar bear cub to a public eager for its first live glimpse of her. The furry four-month-old imp has been tugging at their heartstrings by video and photograph for months. "Not only Nuremberg, but the whole world has been in Flocke fever," said the city's deputy mayor Horst Foerther. He said the cub has attracted millions of hits on Google since the zoo decided to raise her by hand in January......more |
 Ecorazzi | Flocke The Polar Bear Cub Showing Knut The Door Ecorazzi, NY - Apr 8, 2008 From the article, “Flocke, born Dec. 11 and then rejected by her mother, made her public debut at the Nuremberg zoo just as interest in the Berlin zoo’s now ... |
Polar-bear cub Flocke on public view at German zoo - Summary Earthtimes, UK - Nuremberg, Germany - Flocke, a 4-month-old polar-bear cub, emerged from post-natal seclusion Tuesday and took a flying leap into its pond at Nuremberg Zoo ... |
Flocke the charmer to make public debut New Zealand Herald, New Zealand - Four-month-old Flocke was expected to be ushered out into the glare of world media attention with Nuremberg zoo hoping that she will become an instant ... |
Metro Canada - Toronto