Father saves daughter from bear after girl falls into cage at German zoo
By APThursday, August 19, 2010
Germany: Father saves girl from bear in zoo
BERLIN — Police say a Dutch man braved an angry bear to defend his three-year-old daughter after the girl climbed a fence in a German zoo and tumbled into the animal’s pen.
Trier police said Thursday the girl scrambled into the enclosure and fell into a moat during a visit with her family Wednesday at the Luenebach zoo in southwest Germany.
Police say her 34-year-old father quickly climbed after her, but the Asiatic black bear managed to first hit her forehead and hurt her.
They say the father succeeded in saving his daughter and escaping, but not before the bear also injured him on his leg.
Both were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries. Police say they are checking on the zoo’s security precautions. The fence is 1 meter (about 3 foot 3 inches) high.
