Maymont bears euthanized after bite
Two black bears were euthanized after one of them bit a four-year-old boy at the 2-acre bear habitat at Maymont Park last week.
The child’s parent took the boy into a restricted area by climbing a fence so he could feed the bear an apple.
After the bite occurred, park officials were not sure which bear had bitten the child, so after three hours of deliberations they decided to destroy both animals in order to test them for rabies.
Two black bears were euthanized after one of them bit a four-year-old boy at the 2-acre bear habitat at Maymont Park last week.
The child’s parent took the boy into a restricted area by climbing a fence so he could feed the bear an apple.
After the bite occurred, park officials were not sure which bear had bitten the child, so after three hours of deliberations they decided to destroy both animals in order to test them for rabies.
In an article in the Richmond Times-Dispatch Saturday, Feb. 25, Mayor L. Douglas Wilder said the city plans to look into “the rush to judgment” that led to the bears’ deaths.
