Read more zookeeper stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/8304/zookeeper.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 10:50:45 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73362/bald-bears-stump-german-zookeepers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagZookeepers in Leipzig are scrambling to figure out why three bears have lost their fur coats. The spectacled bears, South American natives who normally have dark rings around their eyes, have gone almost completely bald just when they should be growing even thicker coats for the onset of winter. The...http://www.newser.com/story/73362/bald-bears-stump-german-zookeepers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 05 Nov 2009 3:45:26 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/60186/tiger-kills-new-zealand-zookeeper.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA rare white tiger mauled a New Zealand zookeeper to death today in front of stunned visitors as the man entered the animal's enclosure for cleaning, reports the Times of London. The victim just months ago fought off an attack by the same tiger at the wildlife park to save...http://www.newser.com/story/60186/tiger-kills-new-zealand-zookeeper.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 27 May 2009 3:43:14 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/46025/knut-needed-hug-zoo-intruder.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA German man says he climbed over a Berlin Zoo barrier today because the polar bear needed a hug, Bloomberg reports. The unidentified man, 37, apparently believed the animal—which drew 3.2 million visitors last year—was lonely. “He wanted to keep Knut company,” police said. Knut, abandoned as...http://www.newser.com/story/46025/knut-needed-hug-zoo-intruder.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 22 Dec 2008 13:05:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/44800/panda-bites-hand-er-leg-that-feeds-it.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA giant panda bit the left leg of a Hong Kong zookeeper while he was laying bamboo leaves in the animal's pen, reports the AP. The keeper was recovering well after the panda attack, which was partially captured and posted on YouTube by a zoo visitor. The panda—a male...http://www.newser.com/story/44800/panda-bites-hand-er-leg-that-feeds-it.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 09 Dec 2008 7:33:39 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/38185/heart-attack-killed-knut-keeper.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBerlin prosecutors said an autopsy today showed that Thomas Doerflein, the zookeeper who gained fame for hand-rearing the polar bear cub Knut, died of a heart attack. The city's mayor paid tribute to him for writing Berlin history. "Other causes of death, in particular involvement by another party, are ruled...http://www.newser.com/story/38185/heart-attack-killed-knut-keeper.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 23 Sep 2008 13:34:17 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/38101/knuts-surrogate-dad-dead-at-44.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThomas Dörflein, the Berlin zookeeper who raised polar bear Knut after his mother rejected him, was found dead in his apartment today, Der Spiegel reports. He was 44. Authorities said there was no evidence of foul play; Dörflein had been very sick. The keeper’s contact with Knut was cut off...http://www.newser.com/story/38101/knuts-surrogate-dad-dead-at-44.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 22 Sep 2008 15:09:57 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/34046/dc-zoo-evicting-hippo.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe National Zoo is adding a new elephant sanctuary, reports the Washington Post, and the move is putting its sole Nile hippopotamus, Happy, out on the street in a year or so. The zoo will hold onto its pygmy hippos, but is more committed to Asian elephant programs. "You only...http://www.newser.com/story/34046/dc-zoo-evicting-hippo.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 03 Aug 2008 14:18:57 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/32088/tabby-adopts-red-panda-cub.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA newborn red panda rejected by its mother has been adopted by a zookeeper's cat, the BBC reports. The panda and its sibling were first put on an incubator at the Dutch zoo but the tabby cat, who had recently given birth, proved willing to take the kitten-sized panda cubs...http://www.newser.com/story/32088/tabby-adopts-red-panda-cub.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 10 Jul 2008 9:39:14 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/29056/quake-rattled-pandas-get-hugs-bamboo.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagZookeepers are helping pandas traumatized by the Sichuan earthquake get back to normal with hugs and games, the Guardian reports. Eight young pandas have been sent to Beijing Zoo and 47 more remain at the Wolong reserve, where the deputy chief said the animals' appetites are back to normal, but...http://www.newser.com/story/29056/quake-rattled-pandas-get-hugs-bamboo.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 03 Jun 2008 6:52:26 CDT