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Berlin To Bear: Plan Your Own Birthday Party

The self-obsessed polar bear that put the Berlin Zoo on the map will turn two Friday, but Knut's handlers say they won't be celebrating with a party. Even worse: They may ship the superstar to another zoo as soon as 2009, leaving Berliners only one outrageously adorable ursine amigo.

After helping rake in more than $6 million in profit in 2007, the least the zoo could do is throw a little party for Knut, says one of his fans, a 60-year-old who visits him every weekend and has started a petition to keep the bear in Berlin:

It's unbelievable that they're not throwing a party for Knut. More than 100 people are coming from all over Europe and even the US just to see this bear who has done so much for Berlin.

I think many people would even be prepared to donate money. He's come to symbolize the city just like the Brandenburg Gate does.

But maybe the bear is ready for a trip to LA to work out a movie deal with his agents?

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