
“We have (the bedrooms) for control,” said zoo director Dr. During the day, the bears are separated from the public in a pit surrounded by a five-foot-high fence, five feet of land, a 15-foot moat and a pool. Nothing from our experience indicated that a tragedy like this could occur.”Īt the Los Angeles Zoo in Griffith Park, the two polar bears and other carnivores are locked up at night behind concrete and steel barriers in areas called “bedrooms” that keep the animals from sight. We did not feel bears were any danger to the public. For the last 50 years there’s never been any incident like this. Although the bears were surrounded by two four-foot-high fences, an island and a moat, he added, “It is an outdated zoo. But an investigation is in progress, he said. Gary Zarr, a spokesman for the New York Department of Parks and Recreation, responded that he had not heard questions concerning why the bears were not locked up at night. If you go in with them you’re not going to come back out.” Polar bears are notorious for killing people. I’ve not been at a zoo where they leave the bears out at night. “Usually most zoos bring their bears in at night, especially polar bears. “I don’t understand why the bears were out,” Hromadka said of the Prospect Park tragedy. But, in general, they said zoos take precautions to guard against such attitudes. Hromadka and zoo officials elsewhere expressed the fear that the public sometimes doesn’t comprehend the dangers posed by wild animals. Two companions who accompanied Perez into the compound escaped without injury and police shot the bears to death. Zoo officials there said the area is surrounded by a tall, barred fence, but that would not prevent someone from getting into the bear pit. On Tuesday, 11-year-old Juan Perez of Brooklyn was killed by two polar bears after he and two friends entered the bear enclosure after the zoo closed.

of Zoo Keepers and an elephant keeper at the San Diego Wild Animal Park when she was asked about the tragedy at Brooklyn’s Prospect Park the night before. That sad speculation came Wednesday from Jean Hromadka, president of the American Assn. That’s why we have people feeding bears in Yellowstone and elsewhere.” Maybe these kids watched too much ‘Gentle Ben.’ That’s a real danger. Great athmosphere wirht realistic sounds and corresponding music themes.“I think people get a false sense of security. No-limits landscaping at various heights, many plants, bridge constructions, ponds, rivers and waterfalls, and buildingsġ0 professions for your personnel to care for the animals and park: Feeder, Garbage, Zookeeper, Animal Catcher, Gardener, Scoutmaster, Vet, Worker, Animal Trainer, First-Aid The park has to be managed well to gain access to new areas, attractions, and more importantly, exotic animals No single goal to reach the finish of the game.

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