Berlin Zoo Woman jumps into polar bear enclosure Berlin Zoo

Jacobea said:
Bit of a stupid question, but they arn't going to destroy the bear for biting that woman, are they :confused:

It's the kind of thing they'd do in these Health & Safety crazed days, but you can't really blame the bear.
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I would say no. As the zoo is also not nameing the polar bear that atacked the stupid woman.
 
docend24 said:
I actually blame Berlin zoo for that (I know what I'm starting here) I don't if she jumped or not she could fall over that 2-3feet barrier while looking down easily as well. I especially don't get those comments "I wish the bear would kill/eat/hurt her more and she would remeber or anything", that's plain stupid and tells a lot about such a person.

And of course if how Knut was treated made public feel that polar bears are just cuddly cute funny looking creatures not dangerous at all, it's Berlin again to be blamed.
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There's a four foot tall fence, six to eight feet of hedges and then another 3 foot wall before the Polar bear moat. There's no way she could have fallen in, she jumped in and she's an idiot for doing so. Did they find out why she did it?
 
It was Knuts mother, evil bear. First she isn't rearing her own son ( what a raven mother ) and then she is biting a woman, evil bear.

The woman knows which bear she has attaked, but she is forgiving her.
 
Where were the other zoo visitors? I can't imagine this woman was moving all that quickly... I'm heavy set and I know I would be pretty slow climbing all those obstacles. Wasn't there any adult close enough to grab her while others went for help? Was everyone just too stunned to react??

Mental note: When the Columbus Zoo Polar area opens and I'm visiting the bears, watch fellow visitors for any attempt to cross barriers...
 
No need to make a fuzz about this. Absolutely no extended "safety measures" at zoos or anything like that. Things like these will always happen.

Lots of people are killed every day in traffic accidents. People on suicide missions throw themselves in front of trains etc.

This is just a piece of piece of "freak news".
 
"I actually blame Berlin zoo for that (I know what I'm starting here) I don't if she jumped or not she could fall over that 2-3feet barrier while looking down easily as well. I especially don't get those comments "I wish the bear would kill/eat/hurt her more and she would remeber or anything", that's plain stupid and tells a lot about such a person.

And of course if how Knut was treated made public feel that polar bears are just cuddly cute funny looking creatures not dangerous at all, it's Berlin again to be blamed. "



I will not go as far as other members and say that i wish the woman would have gotten seriously hurt, and i do not believe that the other members really meant that either, it is just upseting to the true zoo fanatics that love parks and animals, to see individuals like this bring this kind of bad attention.

I will go as far as saying that she well deserve the bite in her big giant butt and if it was up to me i would place her in prison for a couple of month, or even better, make her do public service work in the Berlin Zoo.

The zoo is not to blame, neither is the bear that took the bite, the only one responsible is the big lady.
 
It'll be interesting to see if there's any further reporting about this incident in the next few weeks or months.

I agree the book should be thrown at her after police questionning if she's considered to be capable of understanding the implications of her actions but I wouldn't be at all surprised if it turns out she has learning difficulties of some sort meaning she literally doesn't comprehend the danger and irresponsibility of what she did.
 
Saw that on the news the other day. My friends on msn were all asking me about it.
 
He might not believe it, but I completely agree with Dan's statement above.

Hopefully, there won't be a greedy lawyer putting a bee into the bonnet of that foolish woman to make her sue the zoo...
 
Boomslang

Pertinax said:
I clearly remember reading, or being told about that incident.
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A reptile keeper was killed at Regents Park some years ago. He returned (illegally) one evening with some friends. Getting a boomslang out of its viv, he swung it round his head. The snake bit him and he died of his injuries.
 
reptile1517 said:
A reptile keeper was killed at Regents Park some years ago. He returned (illegally) one evening with some friends. Getting a boomslang out of its viv, he swung it round his head. The snake bit him and he died of his injuries.
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Now the only possible response to this particular story is "good" !!

Scary to think a keeper could be this irresponsible and cruel.
 
Dan said:
No need to make a fuzz about this. Absolutely no extended "safety measures" at zoos or anything like that. Things like these will always happen.

Lots of people are killed every day in traffic accidents. People on suicide missions throw themselves in front of trains etc.

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Exactly right. If she'd jumped off a building or under a train she would not have survived but it would have been less newsworthy. Its only because animals were involved. These incidents are uncommon but have happened in various zoos occassionally over a long time. One can never tell what mentally ill people are going to do and the zoos can't anticipate such an occurrence. It is their misfortune when faced with a situation like this.
 
Hix said:
Jambo came back and touched the boy. When the boy started to regain consciousness he started to cry. At that point Jambo headed back away.
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Yes, it almost looks as if Jambo was frightened when the boy started crying as he moved away quite rapidly at that point.... He never showed any tense or aggressive behaviour, whereas I reckon had Hobbit reached the boy he would have definately injured him further, either biting or by dragging him along in a display.
 
Surely she couldn't get away with suing the zoo as there was no malfunction in the safety facilities the zoo put there? There's no way she could have fallen in, unless she crossed the initial safety barrier which she shouldn't have done anyway, I assume she could sue if there was no sign warning her not to do that?
 
ashley-h said:
Surely she couldn't get away with suing the zoo as there was no malfunction in the safety facilities the zoo put there? There's no way she could have fallen in, unless she crossed the initial safety barrier which she shouldn't have done anyway, I assume she could sue if there was no sign warning her not to do that?
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In these types of court case. Suing for compensation. "LOGIC" seems to have nothing to do with outcome!
 
reptile1517 said:
A reptile keeper was killed at Regents Park some years ago. He returned (illegally) one evening with some friends. Getting a boomslang out of its viv, he swung it round his head. The snake bit him and he died of his injuries.
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are you talking about the keeper Edward Horatio Girling who was bitten in the face by a cobra in 1852, after taking it out of its tank whilst drunk, and who died in hospital an hour later? Or was there a more recent incident as well?
 
Recent German tabloid reports assume that the woman deliberately tried to kill herself. The zoo management has now announced to sue her.
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/u...-bear-enclosure-at-berlin-zoo-86908-21277309/
I fail to see sense in a suicide in general, but even more so in a deliberately public one, with unavoidable negative effects on others - in this particular case, the zoo, normal visitors and especially the bears [that might have ended being killed, only to save a foolish woman...].
 
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That's rather strange, given that I'm sure I remember seeing a picture of her smiling as she swam towards the bears (though I suppose she could be happy at the thought of meeting her end if that is what she wanted).

Nonetheless, if she was suicidal, it shows she wasn't of sound mind. No doubt that is what her lawyers will focus upon if the zoo does procede in sueing her (though I don't blame them).
 
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