According to eye witness reports, the
polar bear cubs (German link) born in the Nuremberg zoo a couple of weeks ago seem to have been eaten by their mother. The zoo had adopted a policy of non-interference, preferring to leave the cubs’ care to their mother. Today, she showed a first reaction, scratching at the door of her enclosure. Caretakers could not locate the cubs anywhere, their mother seemed nervous and showed no signs of hunger although it was feeding time.