<p>An earless baby bunny that was a rising star on Germany’s celebrity animal scene had his 15 minutes of fame brought to an abrupt end when he was accidentally stepped on by a television cameraman.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The fate of 17-day-old Til, a bunny with a genetic defect, was plastered across German newspapers on Thursday, the same day a small zoo in Saxony was to have presented him to the world at a press conference.<br /><br />The cameraman told Bild newspaper that he hadn’t seen Til, who had buried himself in hay, when he took the fateful step backward on Wednesday.<br /><br />Zoo director Uwe Dempewolf tells Spiegel magazine Til didn’t suffer: “It was a direct hit.”<br />Germany has been home to several global animal celebrities in recent years, including polar bear Knut and Paul the prognosticating octopus.</p>
<p>An earless baby bunny that was a rising star on Germany’s celebrity animal scene had his 15 minutes of fame brought to an abrupt end when he was accidentally stepped on by a television cameraman.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The fate of 17-day-old Til, a bunny with a genetic defect, was plastered across German newspapers on Thursday, the same day a small zoo in Saxony was to have presented him to the world at a press conference.<br /><br />The cameraman told Bild newspaper that he hadn’t seen Til, who had buried himself in hay, when he took the fateful step backward on Wednesday.<br /><br />Zoo director Uwe Dempewolf tells Spiegel magazine Til didn’t suffer: “It was a direct hit.”<br />Germany has been home to several global animal celebrities in recent years, including polar bear Knut and Paul the prognosticating octopus.</p>
