Museum of Man and Nature

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This about the German museum; for the Canadian one, see Manitoba Museum.

The Museum Mensch und Natur (English Museum of Man and Nature) is a German natural history museum. It is occupies part the Nymphenburg Palace in Munich, Bavaria.

[edit] Bear exhibit

The museum was as of 2006 due to receive the stuffed and mounted body of "Bear JJ1", nicknamed "Bruno" in the German-language press, a brown bear that was shot to death by a hunter as a public safety measure after several unsuccessful efforts to capture him alive.[1] (JJ1 had been part of a wildlife restoration program in Italy but walked across Austria into Germany.)[2] The bear will be put on display next to the last bear previously killed (in 1835) in Bavaria.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Washington Post, June 27, 2006, "Fed-up Germany kills its only wild bear"
  2. ^ New York Times, June 16, 2006, "Herr Bruno Is Having a Picnic, but He's No Teddy Bear"


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