Knut (polar bear)
Disputes between the two zoos continued into 2009. On 19 May, Berlin Zoo offered to "buy" Knut from Neumünster and take their financial claim on the two-year-old polar bear. Although Neumünster Zoo set a price of €700,000, Berlin Zoo stated that they would not pay "a cent more" than €350,000 ($488,145).  On 8 July, the Berlin Zoo agreed to pay €430,000 ($599,721) to keep Knut in Berlin.