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Girl falls into bear pit, zoo plays it down

A five year old girl fell into the Sun Bear enclosure at St Louis zoo today.

Curator of carnivores, Steve Bircher, said "She was never close to the bears".

I think this misses the point somewhat. picked by Pocksucket 10 months ago

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17	tigerton...

10 months ago

Another point missed:
The mother was upset because her daughter fell over a railing that SHE allowed her daughter to climb on.

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1	garo01

10 months ago

she didn't fall into the bear pit, she fell and hit her head on the wall of the bear pit... on the side without the bears. I think you missed the point.

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33	dOntEAtp...

10 months ago

« garo01 : I think you missed the point.

What point would that be? That the mother allowed her child to climb the railing but somehow manages to skirt responsibility?

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eLJay

10 months ago

I would not put it past my son or any child to climb on the railing. I would hope(and I probably would) that I would see the child doing this and grab them right away before they fell.

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18	blurmore

10 months ago

They probably played it down because

A. She didn't fall into the pit.

B. Sun Bears are only 4 feet long and 145 lbs.

C. They are near blind and don't eat anything larger than a rat.

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