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Man seriously injured in bear attack after climbing into zoo enclosure
Daily Mail UK ^

Posted on 11/22/2009 10:56:09 AM PST by Chet 99

A man was left seriously wounded after climbing into a bear enclosure in a Swiss zoo yesterday.

The 25-year-man climbed onto a wall surrounding the BärenPark (Bear Park) in the city of Bern, Switzerland, before falling 13ft into the enclosure, police said.

The unnamed man, who had learning difficulties, was then attacked by four-year-old bear Finn, who caused severe injuries to the man's head and one of his legs, before a nearby policeman shot the creature - injuring it and forcing it to retreat into a cave.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: napl; stupidshouldhurt
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To: Chet 99

I’m sure gorebull warming is involved somehow.


21 posted on 11/22/2009 11:16:42 AM PST by Westlander (Unleash the Neutron Bomb)
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To: Chet 99

I’m a big supporter of the right to arm bears.


22 posted on 11/22/2009 11:16:51 AM PST by Marty62 (former Marty60)
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To: Chet 99

Seems to me he shouldn’t have been let in the zoo without proper supervision.


23 posted on 11/22/2009 11:17:10 AM PST by death2tyrants
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To: lightman

Exactly so. We are always rescuing morons, then they breed and produce more morons.


24 posted on 11/22/2009 11:19:40 AM PST by Scotsman will be Free (11C - Indirect fire, infantry - High angle hell - We will bring you, FIRE)
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To: cripplecreek
[Bet he aces this test next time.]

Hahahahhahaaaaaaaaa!

25 posted on 11/22/2009 11:23:18 AM PST by Zuben Elgenubi
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To: Chet 99

I read in another paper they knew each other.


26 posted on 11/22/2009 11:28:12 AM PST by Krankor
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To: cripplecreek

Can I do it until I need glasses?


27 posted on 11/22/2009 11:33:02 AM PST by Slings and Arrows ("When France chides you for appeasement, you know you're scraping bottom." --Charles Krauthammer)
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To: cmsgop
What do they put in the UK water supply? Stupid is as stupid does...say, are you a dem ?

28 posted on 11/22/2009 11:35:34 AM PST by SouthDixie (We are but angels with one wing, it takes two to fly.)
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To: Chet 99

29 posted on 11/22/2009 11:44:04 AM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: JoeProBono

His sister, no doubt.


30 posted on 11/22/2009 11:47:10 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (Play the Race Card -- lose the game.)
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To: PIF
"It is in Britain so he can't run for Congress! But it could have been a publicity stunt for his entry into Parliament..."

It's a British news account, but the incident actually took place in Bern, Switzerland.

31 posted on 11/22/2009 11:48:21 AM PST by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: Chet 99

I’m sorry the bear had to be shot. But, whatever the reason for the guy to jump in, his life is more important than the bear’s.


32 posted on 11/22/2009 12:17:39 PM PST by kenth
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To: Chet 99

Stupidity cannot be cured with money, or through education, or by legislation. Stupidity is not a sin, the victim can’t help being stupid. But stupidity is the only universal capital crime: the sentence is death, there is no appeal, and execution is carried out automatically and without pity.
Robert A. Heinlein, Time Enough For Love

I think this is what comes of all these shows about people swimming with/petting/living with/wrestling with large, dangerous critters.


33 posted on 11/22/2009 12:49:27 PM PST by pa_dweller (Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves:... Isa 1:23)
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To: Slings and Arrows

I’m blind in one eye but I do OK.


34 posted on 11/22/2009 1:24:29 PM PST by cripplecreek (Seniors, the new shovel ready project under socialized medicine.)
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To: Chet 99

>”The unnamed man, who had learning difficulties”

The understatement of the day.


35 posted on 11/22/2009 1:26:10 PM PST by scoobysnak71
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To: SouthDixie

What do they put in the UK water supply? Stupid is as stupid does...say, are you a dem

Bern, Switzerland nothing to do with the UK, try some more water in whatever you’ve been drinking.


36 posted on 11/22/2009 1:56:52 PM PST by MadMitch
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To: Chet 99; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; martin_fierro; ...
The unnamed man, who had learning difficulties

He's not too hot on critical thinking skills either.


37 posted on 11/22/2009 1:57:27 PM PST by Slings and Arrows ("When France chides you for appeasement, you know you're scraping bottom." --Charles Krauthammer)
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To: JoeProBono

38 posted on 11/22/2009 2:12:32 PM PST by Slings and Arrows ("When France chides you for appeasement, you know you're scraping bottom." --Charles Krauthammer)
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To: RC2

But it was so cute and cuddly from way up there.


39 posted on 11/22/2009 3:06:50 PM PST by TASMANIANRED
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To: Chet 99; mikrofon; Charles Henrickson

Ich Bin Ein BäreBaiter


40 posted on 11/22/2009 4:16:26 PM PST by martin_fierro (Ich bin ein tagliner)
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