And yet - for a grotto it is not absolutely hopelessly awful. There is a view towards the surroundings, a living tree that provides shade in the summer, some soft substrate (the pile of sand) and the pool is not extremely small. From the other pictures uploaded at the same time as this one, we can see that he is provided with different toys.
But of course I hope he will be moved to a much better place. Like I wrote about the possibility of him going to Orsa in Sweden (in the thread http://www.zoochat.com/109/knut-51711/ ):
"According to the web page, the polar bear exhibit that is under construction and will be opened in 2009, is going to be the biggest in the world. And this is in a cold climate far up north in Sweden. Knut could not do better but to move here."
