Bear gave off no reasons for concern before trainer's death

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BIG BEAR LAKE, Calif. - The grizzly bear that wrestled Will Ferrell's character in the recent film "Semi-Pro" seemed to obediently follow cues — which made its killing of its trainer with a bite to the neck all the more stunning.

Three experienced handlers were working with the grizzly Tuesday at the Predators in Action wild animal training center when the bear attacked Stephan Miller, 39, said San Bernardino County sheriff's spokeswoman Cindy Beavers.

Stephan Miller is the cousin of training center owner Randy Miller, she said.

Pepper spray was used to subdue and contain the bear, and there were no other injuries, Beavers said. Paramedics arriving shortly after the initial emergency call around 3 p.m. were unable to revive Stephan Miller.

The Department of Fish and Game investigated the incident, but will not decide whether the bear will be euthanized because the attack occurred outside its jurisdiction during a training session on facility grounds, department spokesman Harry Morse told the San Bernardino Sun Tuesday.

Morse speculated that the county animal care officials may decide the bear's fate. A call placed early Wednesday to the county's Animal Care and Control Program was not answered.

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Bears are WILD animals.

[A.A. Cunningham]

Rocky the grizzly bear is seen at the Forever Wild animal sanctuary in Phelan, Calif. in Nov. 2007. The grizzly bear which appeared in a recent Will Ferrell movie killed a 39-year-old trainer with a bite to his neck Tuesday April 22, 2008 and had to be subdued with pepper spray. Three experienced handlers were working with the bear at Randy Miller's Predators in Action facility when the bear bit 39-year-old Stephan Miller on the neck, said San Bernardino County sheriff's spokeswoman Cindy Beavers. (AP Photo/Christina Bush)

[gridlock]

Bear gave off no reasons for concern before trainer's death

Aside from the fact that it was... you know... a BEAR!

[clee1]

Uh huh.

Wild is as wild does.

[Wolfie]

Maybe they need to look up the meaning of the word “Predator”.

[RichInOC]

I’m sorry Stephan Miller died, but I am glad the animal control folks got the bear under control before he started trying to eat Beavers.

[mylife]

L0L!

[Wavrnr10]

It’s Bush’s fault!

[TheWasteLand]

Guess he never heard of Timothy Treadwell.

[shove_it]

>>”A call placed early Wednesday to the county’s Animal Care and Control Program was not answered.”<<

Did Rocky get them too? Just wonerin.

[arderkrag]

Maybe being around Will Ferrel drove it crazy. It would certainly have that affect on me.

[DogBarkTree]

One less moonbat who thinks Nature is like it is in movies such as Happy Feet and Brother Bear.

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Treadwell was pathological. This was different.

[TomGuy]

from The Scorpion and the Frog

Halfway across the river, the frog suddenly felt a sharp sting in his back and, out of the corner of his eye, saw the scorpion remove his stinger from the frog's back. A deadening numbness began to creep into his limbs.

"You fool!" croaked the frog, "Now we shall both die! Why on earth did you do that?"

The scorpion shrugged, and did a little jig on the drownings frog's back.

"I could not help myself. It is my nature."

[Ezekiel]

Predators in Action in Big Bear Lake?

[shadowgovernment]

Dang what a nice rug ol rocky would make..Bears don't kill people who respect them, but people who have no respect risk their lives and those around them.. Hiking in the Yukon I carried a 12 g with slugs thats respect. On the other hand:
Ol rocky just wanted a staring role in those Coke adds but the polar bear beat him out and he was outta sorts.

[TheWasteLand]

Treadwell was pathological. This was different.

Seemed to end the same. A dead guy and a pissed off bear.

[org.whodat]

Grizzly Bears are Big WILD animals. Anyone that thinks you can make a pet out of one is soon to be in the gone category.

[blackdog]

No reasons were given off by the grizzly bear for killing his handler?

Talk about flawed logic? Isn't being a grizzly bear enough of a clue?