Berlin bear Schnute is dead

- The symbol of the city of Berlin, the bear Schnute is dead. Employees of her stay in Köllnischen Park have the animal euthanized Sunday.

The fate of the 34-year-old was already a half Schnute topic of discussion in Berlin. The bear lived alone in a cramped stay in 1939 and was sick, she suffered from more severe osteoarthritis.

Animal welfare, especially the specially Berlin bears federation, already found that the caregivers ' city bear ' had to let inslapen.Een bear is depicted on the flag of the German capital.