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We have one of the most active Humane Societies in the nation here in Ohio. A proposed bill the OHS drafted has been tendered to the governor following the mauling death of a local man, Brent Kandra, by a pet bear. Brent Kandra was on Mazzola's property doing work when he was killed. Mazzola had previously been stripped of his Federal license to exhibit wild animals and had a history of legal problems concerning his animals or attempts to acquire more. Truely, a horrifying case.
Elyria man dies after being mauled by showman's pet bear | cleveland.com
There are so many instances of such deaths (normally though, it is the animal's owner who is killed, not a guest) that the Animal Planet Channel has built a reality tv show on the topic called "Fatal Attractions".
Note: this video is very disturbing.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NECsA-AvnmA"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NECsA-AvnmA[/ame]
The show is so graphic a paper no less jaded than the NY Post called it "extreme". The Animal Planet Channel defended the show, claiming the number of people who own venomous snakes, constrictors, big cats and chimps or apes, etc. has exploded in the past 20 years and the trend shows no sign of slowing. APC says the purpose of the show is to explore the motives people have for owning such animals as pets.
What do you say? Is this a symptom of a new mental illnesses? Should wild animal ownership by private persons be illegal?
Reality TV's new extreme programming - 'Fatal Attractions,' 'Prison Wives' - signals end of an era
Elyria man dies after being mauled by showman's pet bear | cleveland.com
There are so many instances of such deaths (normally though, it is the animal's owner who is killed, not a guest) that the Animal Planet Channel has built a reality tv show on the topic called "Fatal Attractions".
Note: this video is very disturbing.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NECsA-AvnmA"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NECsA-AvnmA[/ame]
The show is so graphic a paper no less jaded than the NY Post called it "extreme". The Animal Planet Channel defended the show, claiming the number of people who own venomous snakes, constrictors, big cats and chimps or apes, etc. has exploded in the past 20 years and the trend shows no sign of slowing. APC says the purpose of the show is to explore the motives people have for owning such animals as pets.
What do you say? Is this a symptom of a new mental illnesses? Should wild animal ownership by private persons be illegal?
Reality TV's new extreme programming - 'Fatal Attractions,' 'Prison Wives' - signals end of an era