Bear Attacked Man in Switzerland
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A man who fell into the bear compound in Bern, Switzerland, was attacked by a European Brown Bear and heavily mauled. Police were able to stop the bear from killing his victim, which might have been a distinct possibility.
The bear compound in Bern seat of the Federal Government of Switzerland has only been open to the public since the end of October 2009. But already a major accident took place at the home of four European Brown Bears which covers 6,000 square meters in the city and has a private access to the River Aare.
The spectators at the bear compound were shocked onlookers as a man climbed a wall and then fell into the enclosure of the bear compound proper. European Brown Bear Finn felt his private range was threatened and went to the attack immediately. Tossing the intruder about like a rag doll, he then carried the man to another end of the compound. Police had been there within minutes and were able to discourage the bear from further mauling his victim by shooting him in the chest with a single shot.
Wardens, police, and paramedics rushed in to retrieve the injured man, while vets used tranquiliser guns on the bear. The man has been transferred to the local hospital which described his injuries as not life threatening and his health as comfortably secure. The bear was taken indoors for recovery. The vets decided to forgo an operation to extract the bullet as it had splintered.
The outpouring of concern and shock in Switzerland and especially in Bern was widespread. Due to the high publicity of the case, a daily health bulletin has been issued since the accident. The case still holds not only Bern in its thrall, but also the Federal Government, where news of Mr. Polanski and the discussions over taxes with Germany take second place.
After the incident, the people of Bern started to take the detour through the bear compound, often leaving flowers, grapes and honey there. And the health bulletin has made it regularly onto the first page of many of the nation’s newspapers. A discussion about further security measures has already started for a compound that was built to the highest standards when the workers had barely left after finishing.
And shouldn’t you have guessed by now, it’s the bear everybody is concerned about; it’s his health bulletin that people await every day and the security discussion is on how to save the bears further shocks from intruders.
To everyone’s relief, the last health bulletin stated that the bear was on his legs again though still treated with antibiotics and chasing up is favourite food: Grapes.
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4 Comments
God save us from retarded people in large groups!
Moral of the story-:Stay out of the animal enclosure period.Very interesting.;)
The bear was only protecting his turf. The man had no business climbing the fence.
why would you even think about climbing a fence into a bear habit. What an idiot.