Comments on: Show Biz Grizzly Bear Kills Trainer

"Rocky" Wrestled Will Ferrell In "Semi-Pro"; Bear Bit Handler In Neck During Training Session

[b-easy63]

Yes, he is a wild animal. So why wish for him to live out his days in a zoo? Let him go back to the wild!

Posted by barbaraf4 at 10:26 AM : Apr 23, 2008


animals in long periods of captivity will be too acclimated to humans to survive in the wild. Often they will continue to seek out humans (who often hike or camp in the wild) and if they can''t get enough sustenance from the wild (because they don''t know how) they WILL survive by attacking, killing and eating people. He has bitten a person. Now he knows that it is doable and more importantly, that humans are FOOD.

he should be in a zoo where he can continue to be taken care of. Maybe he can be a stud and then his offspring can be set free.

Even bears who don''t have good survival skills become victims in the wild.

[misands]

Rocky is simply guilty of behaving like the bear he is. Animals don''t always think like we do.
I have a cat (Oscar) who would sometimes attack my boyfriend and I when we were living in some apartments. Even a house cat can be scary when they "lose it". We were close to putting Oscar down, but after a lot of reading and consulting our vet, we figured out that Oscar was smelling a stray tom-cat that was spraying near our air conditioner. Oscar was smelling the other cat and "displaced" his anger on us because he couldn''t reach his true target. It was a lesson that what may seem like bizarre behaivor to us humans makes perfect sense to the animal. I''m happy to say after we moved, Oscar quit attacking us and has been a very sweet cat every sense.
No one may know what set Rocky off that day, but killing him would only make a tragic story that much more tragic.

[dorlockt]

The trainer was a lib anyway, so no big loss.

[excoachken]

The bear should pay the price.

[bobnjersey]

[Put George Dubya and *** head Cheneyco in the cage w/ the bear and see who cares.]
[Posted by BOT5Plus at 01:42 PM : Apr 23, 2008]

this would be cruel and unusual treatment ... of the bear!

[jetlizhan]

very sad story. so sorry for the victim and his family; however this is still a wild animal - i don''t care how much training he''s had. wild is wild is wild. to whomever - please don''t euthanize this animal - that would be cruel and unfair.

[funkiwiteboy]

i hope it is NOT destroyed

[michellem99-2009]

Yes it is a bear..I know that..people are mean to animals..the bloody circus..it is barred in many places..A bear will do as a bear..They are wild animals..Wild..My senior father taught me that. And ye never corner it..that is true of all living things.

[michellem99-2009]

They peppered that bear..no wonder it was pissed..Let me tell ye a true fact..My friend peppered a dog..it was rubbing its face afther it was peppered. But That dog ''membered him..i asked what about the dog..He told me it made him mean..and would have attacked him the dog was on a rope. They ''member. He said that dog was pissed.. That was ''fore I met him..

[nothappyatall]

I feel that this is the case here. Over the years there has been many case%u2019s of an animal hurting its trainer.

Posted by hbevis "

More people are killed by pet Rottweilers and other dogs than performing bears, statistically speaking it''s insignificant.