Movie Star Grizzly Bear Kills Trainer

WalliBoy · 04-23-2008, 06:29 PM

Based on those video clips, the bear looked to be very aggressive and dominant ...and thats probably why the bear attacked his trainer. The bear had no formal way of training, just wrestling , so of course, the bear is going to think his trainer is a wrestling tool and took it a step further and killed him by the throat because of the lack of corrective training and where his limits of playing stop...

I'm sorry to say this, but the trainer is at fault . An animal is an animal, whether wild or domestic, it has teeth and claws that can harm you. Maybe this trainer thought this bear was very trained to the point where he wont turn his back.....guess he learned the hard way with his life. ...

Anyways,
see for yourself and you decide if I am right..

http://news.aol.com/entertainment/mo...23073209990001

paso_lover · 04-23-2008, 07:48 PM

Gosh I hope they don't distroy him

. It really wasn't his fault.

lawcat · 04-23-2008, 08:17 PM

This is all over the news here in the Los Angeles area - apparently this bear was pretty famous, having recently appeared alongside Will Ferrell in "Semi Pro"

They haven't said what they are going to do with him, but from what I have heard it sounds like they are going to leave it up to the owners as to what to do with him (he isn't being confiscated by anyone or anything like that) Sure hope they don't do anything to him, other than retire him. Doubt any studio would take a risk on hiring that bear to appear in anything in the future!

HorseDork · 04-23-2008, 11:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lawcat

This is all over the news here in the Los Angeles area - apparently this bear was pretty famous, having recently appeared alongside Will Ferrell in "Semi Pro"

omg that was Dewy? i sure hope they dont kill him...its not his fault.

Wolfie · 04-26-2008, 02:16 PM

I read about that in the paper. Scary.

dadof10 · 04-26-2008, 02:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WalliBoy

I'm sorry to say this, but the trainer is at fault . An animal is an animal, whether wild or domestic, it has teeth and claws that can harm you. Maybe this trainer thought this bear was very trained to the point where he wont turn his back.....guess he learned the hard way with his life. ...

Anyways,
see for yourself and you decide if I am right..

http://news.aol.com/entertainment/mo...23073209990001

I agree.

JoAnne · 04-26-2008, 04:12 PM

that's sad...for trainer and animal both...we don't know how well the bear was trained, but it was trained to wrestle, and a bear can't always tell when play ends and his bite may have been in play, ( from the bear's point of view, but of course it was enough to kill a man...we wil never know if it was that or if the bear's predator instinct kicked in, overriding all the conditioning he had over the years.

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04-23-2008, 06:29 PM
WalliBoy Long Yearling Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Coral Springs, Florida Posts: 1,260	Movie Star Grizzly Bear Kills Trainer Based on those video clips, the bear looked to be very aggressive and dominant ...and thats probably why the bear attacked his trainer. The bear had no formal way of training, just wrestling , so of course, the bear is going to think his trainer is a wrestling tool and took it a step further and killed him by the throat because of the lack of corrective training and where his limits of playing stop... I'm sorry to say this, but the trainer is at fault . An animal is an animal, whether wild or domestic, it has teeth and claws that can harm you. Maybe this trainer thought this bear was very trained to the point where he wont turn his back.....guess he learned the hard way with his life. ... Anyways, see for yourself and you decide if I am right.. http://news.aol.com/entertainment/mo...23073209990001

04-23-2008, 07:48 PM
paso_lover Seasoned Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sudbury Ontario Canada Posts: 4,546	Gosh I hope they don't distroy him . It really wasn't his fault. __________________ "I wish I was half the rider she thinks she is" \"Some people feel compelled to cut off the heads of others in order to make themselves appear taller\" ---Paramahansa Yoginanda

04-23-2008, 08:17 PM
lawcat Halter broke Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Southern California Posts: 145	This is all over the news here in the Los Angeles area - apparently this bear was pretty famous, having recently appeared alongside Will Ferrell in "Semi Pro" They haven't said what they are going to do with him, but from what I have heard it sounds like they are going to leave it up to the owners as to what to do with him (he isn't being confiscated by anyone or anything like that) Sure hope they don't do anything to him, other than retire him. Doubt any studio would take a risk on hiring that bear to appear in anything in the future!

04-26-2008, 02:16 PM
Wolfie Coming two Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: US Posts: 1,547	I read about that in the paper. Scary.

04-26-2008, 04:12 PM
JoAnne Started Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Florida Posts: 2,442	that's sad...for trainer and animal both...we don't know how well the bear was trained, but it was trained to wrestle, and a bear can't always tell when play ends and his bite may have been in play, ( from the bear's point of view, but of course it was enough to kill a man...we wil never know if it was that or if the bear's predator instinct kicked in, overriding all the conditioning he had over the years.