Zoo halts keeper’s show with growing polar bear

BERLIN Zoo’s fast-growing polar bear cub Knut won’t be appearing anymore with the keeper who raised him.

The zoo yesterday said it had ended seven-month-old Knut’s twice-daily public appearances with keeper Thomas Doerflein. The playful pair have delighted audiences since Knut — then a cute 9-kilo cub — made his first public appearance in late March.

Now nearing 50 kilos, he will have his enclosure all to himself.