Grizzly bear grabs trainer by neck

[AlphaCentauri]

Source: SMH

A grizzly bear featured in the new comedy film Semi-Pro has killed a trainer at a private facility for exotic animals in California.

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Denise Richards, who works with wild animals at Moonridge Zoo, a sanctuary for injured and homeless wildlife in nearby Big Bear Lake, said trained animals that turn on their handlers are often destroyed.

"You can train them and use as many safety precautions as you can, but you're still taking a chance if you're putting yourself in contact with them," Richards said.

"It's still a wild animal. Even though it may appear that the bear attacked for no reason, there was a reason. I'm sure Randy understands why it happened. They're not cold-blooded killers."



Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/grizzly-bear-kills-trainer/2008/04/23/1208743002677.html

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I have to agree with Richards, I was attacked by a skunk last week and I don't know why. I was trying to feed the baby skunk, after all I had to dump my clothes in the trash can.

[brentspeak]

1. Strange headline. It should read something like: "Show-biz Bear kills trainer"

[shadowknows69]

2. Tragic, I think it's awful that the bear has to be destroyed though

[orleans]

3. the article says

"It was not immediately clear what would happen to the bear."

[barnel]

4. who would have thought a wild animal would turn on you?

there are creatures that are fit for domestication

and there are those that are not

[Veronica.Franco]

5. Zoologists know ...

And they are taught in college that THEY have a 50/50 chance of being killed by these animals ... it's a profession that they love and a risk that they have CHOSEN to take ...

"I said, Hey, babe ... take a walk on the wild side" ... ;-)