Germany and bears in the spotlight

First there was Knut in Berlin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knut_(polar_bear)

There there was Bruno in Bavaria
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5116316.stm

Now there's another star in the making at the Nuernberg Zoo (no name so far)
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/01/08/world/main3687047.shtml?source=RSSattr=HOME_3687047

Apparently, the foxes in Germany are urbanizing
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,511825,00.html
I can honestly say this is true. After having not seen a single fox in the first six years that I lived in Germany, I has three sightings last year alone. One jumped out in front of me from the bushes as I was riding my bike, growled and then ran off into the wineyards (kinda shook me as I was afraid it was rabid and could come back), I ran over a dead fox a few months later on my bike (riding really early in the morning, in the pre-dawn darkness) and then saw one running across the street once.