Flocke
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- Gender
- female organism
- Place of birth
- Nuremberg Zoo
- Image
- Polar bear Flocke Aquapark Tiergarten Nuremberg DE 2008-04-09 cropped.jpg
- Residence
- Yorkshire Wildlife Park
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- Flocke (polar bear)
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- Flocke
- date of birth
- 2007-12-11
- individual of taxon
- Ursus maritimus
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thumb|Flocke on 9 April 2008, the day after her public debut
Flocke () is a female polar bear who was born in captivity at the Nuremberg Zoo in Nuremberg, Germany on 11 December 2007. A few weeks after her birth, she was removed from her mother's care after concerns were raised for her safety. Although the zoo had established a strict non-interference policy with its animals, officials chose to raise the cub by hand. This decision came at a time when the zoo was receiving negative attention from the media after another female polar bear reportedly ate her newly born cubs.
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