Polar Bear Cub Nursed by Humans

A month-old polar bear cub is being raised by humans at a Danish zoo after his mother failed to produce enough milk to feed him, the Associated Press reported.

The cub, Siku, is doing “really fine,” Scandinavian Wildlife Park manager Frank Vigh-Larsen said.

The cub was 3 pounds at birth, and now weighs 7 pounds.

Siku was taken from his mother when he was two days old, because he was  ”moaning and being unruly all the time.”

Siku is being touted as the new Knut, a polar bear who was born in the Berlin Zoological Garden and rejected by his mother.

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Central Park Zoo's beloved polar bear dies

In this March 25, 2005 file photo, a polar bear named "Ida" rests her head on a bucket at the Central Park Zoo in New York. Zoo officials say Ida was euthanized on Friday, June 3, 2011, after veterinarians determined she had liver disease brought on by cancer. She was 25. ((AP Photo/Mary Schwalm, File))

  Eyewitness NewsNEW YORK (WABC) -- One of the Central Park Zoo's beloved polar bears has died.

Zoo officials say Ida was euthanized Friday after veterinarians determined she had liver disease brought on by cancer.

Ida was 25. She was born in New York's Buffalo Zoo in 1985 and went to the Central Park Zoo when she was 2. She was seen by millions of guests through the years, often cuddling beside her male companion, Gus.

New York City zoos director Jeff Sailer says Ida will be missed every day by staff and guests. He says millions of visitors have been inspired to care more about the plight of polar bears in the wild because of her.

Ida's zookeepers were allowed to share quiet time with her before she was euthanized.

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