"Knut" #2

GERMANY-ANIMALS-POLAR-BEAR-KNUT, originally uploaded by bucklesw1. Now at two years old and weighing almost 450 lbs, Knut has become too big for his current enclosure. According to reports in the German press, the Berlin Zoo is looking to move the famous bear to another facility, possibly England or Sweden by 2009. Peter Drüwa, director of the Neumünster Zoo (which, along with the Berlin Zoo owns Knut) told the German news agency DPA "Knut will spend Christmas in Berlin, but I’m not so sure he’ll spend Easter there.” I read recently that Knut's mother, Tosca and the zoo's other two other female Polar Bears, Katjuscha and Nancy, at the Berlin Zoo may all be pregnant and could give birth before Christmas. I was looking at circus DVDs online the other day and found one that looked promising, Europe's Big Top Circus Stars Live from the Hippodrome It is a three disc set. "The Hippodrome Show" aired in 1966 (ten episodes) as a summer replacem! ent series. It was a variety show apparently similar to the old "Hollywood Palace". I actually don't remember the show. The accompanying description for the DVD paid more attention to the guest ringmasters, then to the acts that are featured in the video. The listing for the DVD also contained two customer reviews, one by Sue Lenz. Henry