Bear bites boy's arm off in Chinese zoo | Inquirer News

Bear bites boy’s arm off in Chinese zoo

/ 06:48 PM October 19, 2014

BEIJING — A bear in central China has bitten off the arm of a 9-year-old boy who tried to feed it through its cage, state media and a doctor said Sunday.

Media reports said the attack happened Saturday afternoon at Pingdingshan Hebin Park in Henan province, which has a zoo inside. The boy managed to push his arm through the bear’s cage to feed it when the bear bit him.

A doctor at the Pingdingshan Number 152 Hospital, who treated the boy, said Sunday that he lost his entire right arm, which had to be amputated.

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Calls to the park and local forestry bureau were not answered.

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