Two bears from a vandalised Christmas theme park have been shot dead by Dorset police.
Superintendent Deb Daubery said the public was no longer in danger from the wild animals. Kirsty and Phill – 2 North American brown bears - escaped from Tinsel town theme park, Bournemouth after their cage was tampered with in the vandalism today. Mr Bob Statten, the owner, discovered the damages to the theme park first thing when he went to work at 8am.
“It is a sad ending but we had no choice” – Mr Daubery said. The bears did not react to the tranquiliser in the first place and ran away into the area of residence. They have now been removed from a garden on Glenferness Avenue, near Bournemouth University where the incident took place.
Police also arrested an animal rights activist, who dressed up as a bear to distract them from capturing the real animals.
One member of the Bear Unity movement – Sky, 14 said “I’m here to take the bullet for them”. The police risked shooting one of these people but none were injured.
Sky said the bears should have never been kept in Tinsel town. “People need freedom. The bears need freedom”, he assimilated the captivity to Guantanamo Bay prison. “We need to stop the exportation of animals.”
“We would die for our cause”, the activist wanted to send his message across to the owner of Tinsel town that “the bears should live unmolested by people”.
During the course of the search, a man was bitten by one of the 2 bears. Steve Bond – a worker for Meyrick Park - suffered from a minor injury to his shoulder while in a kebab shop at 1:30 am the previous day. “It’s a natural thing” – said Sky – “If the bears are brought to the urban and suburban areas, they will attack people”.
It will take a couple of weeks before the theme park could be reopen to the public. “It has ruined Christmas for the children”, said Mr Statten.
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