Polar bears-the girl in the animal Park Berlin : Hertha is coming!

The Wait has an end: About four months after the birth of the polar bear girls at the animal Park in Berlin. Hertha should be called the Small. "We have taken over the sponsorship," said the football club Hertha BSC in a on Twitter and shared the Video. The Name was announced at the polar bear baptism on Tuesday morning. The first reactions - positive or negative - from the policy followed immediately.

Many polar bears fans, press journalists and television crews had gathered on Tuesday morning in front of the polar bear enclosure, by the name of proclamation, witness and to see the little polar bear that came out of their cave. Many Fans have brought polar bears-stuffed animals and cameras, also bouquets of flowers for the Zoo and zoo Director Andreas Knieriem, which is celebrating its five year anniversary.

After the Hertha mascot Hertinho and a man in polar bear costume, finally joined the small Hertha in front of the cameras and the audience. But instead of playing with a Hertha-BSC-Ball, went swimming, and played with a stick in the water. Shortly thereafter, she took the Ball.

A Board of Directors from the animal Park Director, staff and professionals, including the polar bear-curator, and nurses, has chosen the sponsorship to Hertha. The amount of the sum was not disclosed. "Hertha belongs to Berlin, the Spree river, the Zoo and the animal Park," said Hertha CEO Ingo Schiller. "Therefore, it was clear that these two institutions of the city belong to each other." It is also to inspire the visitors for each other. So Director Andreas Knieriem on to the next Hertha game on Saturday will come against Fortuna Düsseldorf to the Olympic stadium.

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habitats of the polar bear in danger

Schiller emphasized the aspect of climate protection: The threat to polar bears in the nature of the club is an important topic. The Association is committed to sustainability in the construction of the new stadium, would be considered environmentally-friendly technologies, such as E-cars, hybrid vehicles, and compensatory payments for flights. With posters Hertha BSC wants to advertise in the whole city for the little polar bear.

The enclosure is also placed a donation box marked "donation for the protection of species". Because of the animal Park works in conjunction with the International welfare organisation Polar Bears International. Recently, the UN announced-intergovernmental panel on climate change, the Arctic should already be in ten years, free of ice. This raises the large question of how the polar bears in nature are intended to survive: animals can only hunt from ice floes - floating, you can't bag on prey such as seals. The polar bears need the ice to keep from starving.

How long can stay Hertha in the animal Park?

In the animal Park is not to starve the little Hertha, anyway. However, you may remain only one and a half to two years in Friedrichsfelde. In addition, the scientists of the European polar bears decide to program the EEP breeding. It is possible that the little polar bear goes into a Zoo, to beget offspring. However, since the polar bear enclosure will be expanded in the animal Park, there is the possibility that you can stay there.

the First exploring the small polar bear at the animal Park for more images 1 of 27Foto: Bernd von Jutrczenka/dpa17 ads.03.2019 07:06Die polar bear in the zoo finally has a name: Hertha is the name of the Small - after the eponymous football club.Back Next

the name of the little polar bear have been discussed much in recent weeks. Over 5,000 name suggestions were received at the animal Park. Checkpoint-readers have diligently mitgegrübelt and names like Greta and Rosa suggested. In the case of polar bear, Fritz, two years ago, the animal Park had campaigned actively for name suggestions. Otherwise, the famous polar bear Knut at the Central Zoo: The Name that went around the world, to the animal keepers of the Thomas village was to be thought of spontaneously. Knut died at four years in 2011, an inflammation of the brain, Fritz, 2017 with four months to a inflammation of the liver.

The polar bear baby in the zoo, all the pictures in view 1 of 8Foto: animal Park BERLIN/STEFFEN FREILING/AFP15.02.2019 13:51the veterinarian has determined the sex of The baby Bear is a girl.Back Next