Canadian zoo faces charges after taking bear out for ice cream at Dairy Queen

[TheSyntaX]

Canadian zoo faces charges after taking bear out for ice cream a..

A private zoo in the Canadian province of Alberta is facing charges after a bear from the facility was taken through a drive-thru Dairy Queen in a pickup truck and hand-fed ice cream through the vehicle’s window.
At the time, the zoo said the drive-thru run had posed no danger to the public, as it had taken place before the Dairy Queen had opened for the day and that the bear had been secured by a chain throughout the entire outing.
One count stems from the bear’s jaunt through the drive-thru, while the other dates back to 2017. At the time Berkley had just arrived as an orphan from a facility in the United States and the zoo allegedly failed to inform officials the seven-pound bear was being taken home nightly so that she could be bottle-fed.
The zoo’s owner, Doug Bos, said he planned to plead guilty to the charges, noting that this was the first time in the zoo’s 28-year history that it was facing such charges.
In light of the incident, provincial officials said they had also revised the conditions of the zoo’s permit. The facility will now be required to provide more details when requesting permission to transport animals and will have to keep the animals in a cage, crate or kennel during transport.

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[Download]

The 2017 charge seems a bit silly. Like a minor paperwork oversight silly.

[Liem]

That thumbnail makes it look like the bear was driving the car

[orcywoo6]

This is why we cant have nice things, its a bit bs that they are being charged honestly.

[Mort Strudel]

Bears are wild animals and you can't just fuck around with them. Even bred in captivity, they are not domesticated, they are unpredictable, and they are dangerous. If you go taking them on joyrides in your car you run a serious risk of someone getting injured or killed. A zoo should know better than this.

[The_J_Hat]

While it is unfortunate they're being charged, what if the bear escaped or injured the drive thru employee? They can't afford the liability.

[mark6789]

I think somebody just needs a big ole bear hug.

[ferrous]

Wait bears have an better sense of smell than dogs? Can we get drug sniffer grizzlies at airports please.

[Archival]

Domesticated bears when

[Thatfatrat]

I wonder what flavor ice cream he got. Maybe bluebeary? Strawbeary?

[Mingebox]

The several thousand years or so of domestication it takes for wild animals to not suddenly disembowel you in a fit of pique after years of good behavior.

[Cyril Connolly]

looks like a very happy bear

[Anteep]

it's all fun and games until the bear rips someones head off