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The Wild ThingsHave a look at this link. Found the picture this morning in our newspaper.
http://www.bild.de/BILD/regional/leipzi … r-zoo.html
The article is in German, but it says that this poor soul (living in a zoo in Leipzig, Germany) has lost his hair. They don't now why, but think that it could be a gene-deffect or a stress reaction. 
DoodlebearsOh the poor bear I do hope they can help him.
Hugs, Jane. 
puca bearsPoor baby - I saw the piccie this morning in a British newspaper (online).........lets hope they can do something for him
huggies
Maria
Carlyle Bear Co.Poor thing. Maybe we could all take our little odds and ends pieces of mohair and make him a bear suit to wear until his fur grows back. 
Boechout, AntwerpI saw the picture in our online newspaper as well: it was so sad .
Apparently nobody knows why they lost their hair (a genetic default ?); I do hope they find a remedy for these two unfortunate animals :pray: .
Hugs :hug:
Peterbear
desertmountainbearBeing in the hair business for so many years I know that this happens with humans. It is an autoimmune problem in humans. Every stitch of hair goes. You think it is bad for the bear, I have seen this happen twice on women, eyelashes, eyebrows everything goes. I do not think there is a cure, one women I knew it did come back but not for quite some time.
I actually saved this picture on my computer, I can really see the lines of the bear, I think it will help me with designing.
Joanne
PennsylvaniaSo sad for the bears!
I wonder if somebody knitted them a sweater, would they wear it?
They need something to keep them warm until this gets sorted out.
Y'Know, I like Joanne's idea.
I can imagine how seeing the bear's actual shape instead of their outline in fur would make it easier to design realistic looking Bears and the clothing to fit them.
At least the bear's troubles wouldn't be all for naught.
The Littlest Thistleaww, so Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn't very fuzzy after all Hope they can help them, at least with a jumper or something in the meantime!
Past Time BearsOh dear, those very unfortunate bears! Won't they get sunburned without protection? And then in the winter, they'll freeze. They do need some sort of outfit until the hair grows back . . . if it does.
Woodbury Park BearsThese poor bears how awful for them how will they keep warm with winter coming?
I'm so sad for them.
I'm sure the zoo must be doing everything they can?
Can't read german and haven't seen anything down here in Australia about them don't usually get these stories.
Raewyn
PennsylvaniaGoogle Translate is your friend! :lol:
http://translate.google.com/translate?h … r-zoo.html
The site does have an English version but I wasn't able to locate the story in the English site so I used Google to translate instead. It's a fairly faithful translation.
Bubble Up Bears!Thank you Susan for the link.
This is so sad.
I read the whole article and it says that this has not been seen anywhere in the wild in the entire world which leads me to think it's stress causing it or something to do with being in held in captivity. Sad really. They fear the bear will die if something can not be done. It is making sores on it's body causing infections and suffering like someone would who has Psoriasis and or bad Eczema.
Heartbreaking.
Woodbury Park BearsThanks Us bears
I've got the story now and still a very sad situation It has to be stress related being in captivity I'm sure. Like the little story about the baby giraffe on the same page 
Raewyn
The Wild ThingsJust have found an English link:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldne … -vets.html
They also have more pics.
Yes, it must be a nightmare if something like this happens to a human being.
Greetings from Susan
q.D.paToOtieSAw, that is so sad! Poor guy, I hope they can help him!
Bubble Up Bears!The link I read in English didn't include a picture of one with it's full coat like this one did. It's nice to see one with it's coat on!! I hope the others soon have theirs back!
PennsylvaniaI think that was a "before" picture.
Bubble Up Bears!I was talking about the bear in the English link. Not the original link.
It's not of the bears that lost their fur.
PennsylvaniaYes, in the link to dailymail.co.uk, (the one that Susan posted) the caption under the fourth picture from the top of the page says:
Full head of hair: These is how Dolores would have looked before she lost her fur. The spectacled bears have a thick, dark coat normally.
The picture is either a bear that has not lost its hair or one of a bear before its hair fell out. The caption is unclear on which is true.
Faux Paw BearsThere are better photos and more of them on Huffington post with this article:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/0 … 46904.html
What will these animals do about winter?
