"Snowball" is a Orphaned Polar Bear Cub at the Alaska Zoo WWW.GOODNEWS.WS

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A 17-pound polar bear cub from the North Slope is the latest resident at the Alaska Zoo, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. - The new Knut? Orphan polar bear cub heads to zoo via UPS. Qannik, found all alone in Alaska at 5 months, is being shipped to her new home. It might be the beginning of summer, but Operation Snowflake is in full effect. Qannik, a 5-month-old polar bear cub found as an orphan on Alaska's North Slope in April, is being shipped on a UPS Boeing 747-400 from her temporary digs at the Alaska Zoo to the Glacier Run development in the Louisville Zoo in Kentucky. The cub's name, pronounced "Ken'ick," means "snowflake" in the Inupiat language — it's also the name of the gravel pad on the North Slope where Qannik was first seen. And Operation Snowflake has been in the works for two months, with the Alaska Zoo, Louisville Zoo, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Association of Zoos and Aquariums, Polar Bears International and UPS all involved. Story: Celebrity polar bear Knut drowned, expert says. But Qannik's odyssey began even before ConocoPhillips employees found her all alone this spring. Researchers first saw the cub emerge from a snow den, along with her mother and a sibling, in February. When she was spotted again in late April, she was on her own. An aerial search for the mother and sibling turned up no clues, so the decision was made to rescue the young bear. Qannik's story is similar in some ways to that of Knut, a polar bear raised by zookeepers in Berlin, Germany, after he was rejected by his mother at birth. Knut became the zoo's star attraction and an international celebrity before he died unexpectedly in March, drowning in his enclosure's pool. Pathologists found that the bear had suffered a seizure due to encephalitis. Qannik weighed only 15 pounds when she was found, according to Patrick Lampi, executive director of the Alaska Zoo. Today, she's plumped up to 60 pounds. As luck would have it, Kentucky's Louisville Zoo had opened its brand-new, state-of-the-art polar bear habitatonly a day before Qannik was discovered, and experts determined Louisville to be the best long-term option for her. Featuring a chilled pool, air-conditioned sleeping areas, grass, mulch and pine needle digging pits, the nearly 4-acre facility is designed to house a small population of polar bears, with room for six adults and up to six cubs, reports Alaska Dispatch. Qannik will join 26-year-old Arki, a female polar bear, and Inga, a 6-year-old mama grizzly and her twin yearling cubs, Otis and Rita, in the facility. Story: Ruff day at the office? Take Your Dog to Work goes wild. Louisville Zoo director John Walczak has flown to Alaska with his team to see the cub in person for the first time. On June 27, the fluffy white cub and her crew, which will include the Alaska Zoo's director, who's watched over Qannik since she arrived there, will board the plane to Louisville, according to Alaska Dispatch. 'Court dogs' help calm traumatized witnesses. Don't base your summer travel plans on catching a glimpse of the zoo's newest northern transplant just yet, though — she'll remain off exhibit for a while, until she's adjusted to her new home, reports Courier-Journal.com.

"Snowball" is a Orphaned Polar Bear Cub at the Alaska Zoo WWW.GOODNEWS.WS
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[Bladeshamer9]

Awwwwww and I'm a guy!! Btw babie polars are WAY cuter than human babys

[UltraProle21]

was that milk or coca cola?

[cjvideo]

What a sweet little thing. So glad she was rescued!

[luckycamsol]

damn, cute, ill exchange my girlfriend for 1

[whiteboypatrickkelly]

@Bladeshamer9 baby everything are cutier then human babies, humans probly the ugliest babies in the whole animal kingdom

[sundancethegreat]

that is so cute

[seawolf1451]

@Roboyoyo Wait til it turns a bit bigger before you decide to hit it,it will be the last thing you do

[flameofembers]

ooooooooooooooooh

[sweetserenade06]

Awww :) it's cute but i also feel a little heartbroken for this little angel since he seems so sad :( it sucks that he doesnt have a mother or another cub to play with but he'll probably find playmates soon :) i hope for the best for this little cutie :)

[justapathy]

The orphaned club? What a downer... :p

[SUSIEN100]

@Roboyoyo You want to hit it? Who raised you? Apparently you were not raised in a civilized household.

[TheOrtodoxia]

A sweetheart :)