THREE OUT OF FIVE BROWN BEAR CUBS FED BY THEIR CARETAKERS IN SLOVAKIA, 2002-01-06 (photo)

Caretaker Vladimir Zmunda (L) is helped by his mother Marta (C) and father Ivan (R) to feed cream of wheat from bottles to three and half months old brown bear cubs (L-R) Cindy, Bubu and Yogi in Kosice on April 22, 2002. The three cubs come from a litter of five born at Europe's third largest Zoo (by area) in Kosice on January 6, 2002, and are the first recorded case of quintuplet bear cubs born in captivity. The five cubs, two of whom were not available for photographs, are the third litter for 14 year old parents Mata and Kubo. They were separated from their mother after 6 weeks and rely on their human parents for survival. REUTERS/Joe Klamar JK/GB