Officer O'Donnell said the dead boy, identified as Juan Perez, of 162 East 19th Street in Brooklyn, had climbed over a high spiked fence separating the bears' enclave from the public viewing area. A couple polar bears at the Oregon Zoo enjoyed the snowy conditions from a recent winter storm, playing around in the fresh snowfall. The two animals, apparently awakened by what they considered to be intruders, clambered down a rocky cliff toward the moat, where one lunged at Juan, dragged him into the den and engaged in a tug-of-war over the body before being shot with 12-gauge shotguns and a .38-caliber revolver. The Baltimore Zoo announced their two Polar Bears were being relocated in 2021. He is 24 years old, which is quite old for a polar bear. He said John Ciaffone, the parks department's inspector general, was conducting an investigation to determine exactly how the youths entered the zoo and what can be done to prevent more illegal entries. Meet Betty & Veronica, The Central Park Zoo's New Grizzly Bears A Gruesome Sight. WCS, the "W" logo, WE STAND FOR WILDLIFE, I STAND FOR WILDLIFE, and STAND FOR WILDLIFE are service marks of Wildlife Conservation Society. Their screams of horror during Tuesday night's attack on their pal alerted a woman who called police. The bear bit many times on the . It is normal to cold feet before wedding? https://www.nytimes.com/1987/05/21/nyregion/boy-entered-bears-area-on-a-dare.html. He was 26 years old and suffered from kidney. ", Also on NBCNewYork.com: Suspect sought in anti-gay razor attack. He recently fathered two cubs with the zoo's other female polar bear, Freep reported. The Big Apple's last polar bear who was born and raised at the Bronx Zoo has been euthanized due to age-related medical problems, officials said. NEW YORK -- An 11-year-old boy killed and partially eaten by two polar bears at a Brooklyn zoo swam across a moat to the middle of the bears' compound and froze with fear when the animals approached, authorities said.

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