Exotic Incident #2473
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Calhan, CO - USA
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Incident Date:
10/03/2009
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Summary:
According to a citation from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, a zookeeper failed to handle infant bears with sufficient care. They fed the bears with a bottle in such a manner that both developed aspiration pneumonia from inhaling milk into their lungs, which caused the death of one of the bears.