This article makes my head explode. A polar bear at the Berlin Zoo had two babies in December and rejected them. One died and the other was taken to be raised by hand.

At three months old, however, the playful 19lb bundle of fur is at the centre of an impassioned debate over whether he should live or die.

Animal rights activists argue that he should be given a lethal injection rather than brought up suffering the humiliation of being treated as a domestic pet.

"The zoo must kill the bear," said spokesman Frank Albrecht. "Feeding by hand is not species-appropriate but a gross violation of animal protection laws."

Holy moly what is wrong with these people? If the bear is already in a zoo, what's the difference if it's hand-raised or not? It's not like he's ever going back out into the wild anyway. Humiliation isn't on the list of things polar bears care about anyway. What do I expect from animal rights extremists anyway?