Saturday, April 26, 2008

Bear From Movies Kills Handler

An animal trainer died after being bitten on the neck by a 700 pound, 7 1/2 ft tall grizzly bear. Stephan Miller, age 39,died at the scene. On Wednesday, friends and neighbors tried to make sense of the attack. The attack involved a well-trained and gentle bear and an experienced animal trainer. I don't care how well-trained a bear is, it is still a wild bear. Miller was killed by the 5 year old bear during the making of a promotional video for Randy Miller's Predators in Action center. The bear's fate has not been decided. The bear is named Rocky. He recently appeared in the Will Ferrell sports comedy "Semi-Pro". I remember years ago in California, a woman bear trainer was killed by her bear too.

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