Knut fans in uproar over zoo's plans to display him at museum

That preparation has caused much uproar among Knut fans in Germany, who are angry over reports that the animal will be “stuffed.” They have also used an online memorial book for Knut on the zoo’s website to demand that the polar bear be given a proper burial.

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Steiner insists that the animal will not be “stuffed” but , instead, will be prepared using a form of taxidermy that involves stretching the animal’s hide over a plastic form made in its size…

By Friday morning, there were nearly 8,000 entries in the zoo’s online memorial book, with several people trying to organize a protest for Saturday morning at the zoo against Knut’s display in the museum.

Several also demanded the resignation of zoo director Dr. Bernhard Blaszkiewitz for agreeing to the move.

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