Exotic Incident #2335
Incident Date:
10/27/2012
Location:
Brainerd, MN - USA
Facility Name:
Safari North Wildlife Park
Facility Type:
Non-accredited Facility (RSZ)
Incident Category:
Escape of animal (EA)
Species:
Bears
Animal:
Animal disposition:
Recaptured
Summary:
Kevin Vogel, who operates Safari North Wildlife Park with his wife, was transporting a Syrian bear from his business’ headquarters to the wildlife park when it “escaped from a kennel-type enclosure with a faulty latch” at a restaurant in Clearwater, according to a USDA-APHIS report. The animal “encountered people in the parking lot of the restaurant” before its capture, but no one was injured. The bear was then taken to an animal hospital and rehabilitation facility.
Vogel was fined $1,357.
Action take by Born Free USA:
Notes:
http://www.startribune.com/feds-fine-owner-of-exotic-bear-that-escaped-outside-minnesota-restaurant/369802791/