Man seriously injured in bear attack after climbing into zoo enclosure

Daily Mail UK ^

[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.

[Chet 99]

[cmsgop]

I hope the Bear is okay.

[cripplecreek]

The unnamed man, who had learning difficulties

Bet he aces this test next time.

[babygene]

Should have shot the man, not the bear...

[VR-21]

Incidents like this, (and all three branches of our government) seem to prove that stupidity is a force of nature, much like gravity.

[RC2]

Some people just don’t get it. A bear is big, a bear is vicious, a bear can kill you. What else do you need to know?

[ricks_place]

Thought Bear was Hibernating?

[cripplecreek]

Unfortunately stupidity tends to rise to the top in all the wrong areas.

[lightman]

Obviously Nanny-statism aimed at protecting the stupid has irreparably degraded human DNA.

[Slings and Arrows]

Self-ping.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Has this guy considered running for Congress? /s

[cripplecreek]

You’ll go blind self pinging yourself like that.

[devere]

“Should have shot the man, not the bear...”

Correct!

[null and void]

As a replacement for Teddybear Kennedy?

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

LOL!

[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...

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Maybe he can run for a position in ‘Nu Labour’. ;-)

[TexasCajun]

[open mind-closed fist]

DAMN!!!

No Darwin award! Yet!

[Marty62]

Dumbchit.

[Westlander]

I’m sure gorebull warming is involved somehow.

[Marty62]

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

[death2tyrants]

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

[Scotsman will be Free]

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

[Zuben Elgenubi]

[Bet he aces this test next time.]

Hahahahhahaaaaaaaaa!

[Krankor]

I read in another paper they knew each other.

[Slings and Arrows]

Can I do it until I need glasses?

[SouthDixie]

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

[JoeProBono]

[ClearCase_guy]

His sister, no doubt.

[Joe 6-pack]

"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.

[kenth]

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.

[pa_dweller]

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.

[cripplecreek]

I’m blind in one eye but I do OK.

[scoobysnak71]

>”The unnamed man, who had learning difficulties”

The understatement of the day.

[MadMitch]

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.

[Slings and Arrows]

The unnamed man, who had learning difficulties

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

[Slings and Arrows]

[TASMANIANRED]

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

[martin_fierro]

Ich Bin Ein BäreBaiter

[Charles Henrickson]

Ich bin ein Bear-dinner.

[mikrofon]

Ich bin ein Flatliner

(almost)