[nmh]

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!

[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.

[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.

[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?

[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?

[montag813]

will not decide whether the bear will be euthanized

WHY kill a wild animal for acting wild? Outrageous.

[Squeako]

If a grizzly bear has my neck in his mouth, by all means, PLEASE use bullets, not pepper spray. It just might give me a better chance at living. Just sayin’.

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

As I was saying on another thread - having to do with the mideast - think of this as a metaphor for making “peace” with the “Palestinians”, Hamas, etc. No matter how “nice” they seem to be they are always going to revert to form, probably sooner rather than later.

[Hacklehead]

“Predators in Action wild animal training center”

Key words: “Predators in Action”

Wild animals can be trained to some extent, but at some point instinct takes over. It’s just a matter of time.

[Dixie Yooper]

It’s too bad that the trainer was attacked and killed, but that a danger the trainer always knew was present. As far as the bear goes, kill it. It will attack again if it remains in captivity and will no doubt either starve or become an even bigger problem if let go in the wild once it finds it’s way back to humans.

[Dixie Yooper]

It’s too bad that the trainer was attacked and killed, but that’s a danger the trainer always knew was present. As far as the bear goes, kill it. It will attack again if it remains in captivity and will no doubt either starve or become an even bigger problem if let go in the wild once it finds it’s way back to humans.

[ontap]

I can’t determine from the story that the bear actually attacked the guy. At 700 lbs. he might have just been playing. Among mammals some biting is done for affection. When an animal is this big a little too rough playing could prove fatal to a human. Just a thought.