Famous Grizzly Bear Kills Trainer
Filed under: Film Flickers > Sad Sad > Will Ferrell
How sad.
Stephan Miller, a 39 year old animal trainer from Big Bear Lake, CA, was attacked by a grizzly bear on Tuesday at the Predators in Action wild animal training center.
Two other handlers were working with the 5 year-old bear, named Rocky, when it attacked. The other two were able to pepper spray and subdue Rocky.
Luckily, there were no other injuries.
You've probably seen Rocky before. It's the same grizzly bear featured in Will Ferrell's film Semi-Pro, in which Ferrell appears to wrestle with the bear.
What could have gone so wrong???
Officials arrived to investigate the incident and Fish and Game spokesman, Harry Morse, said yesterday that his department would not decide whether Rocky would be euthanized since the attack occurred outside its jurisdiction.
It may be up to the San Bernandino county animal care officials to decide Rocky's fate.
Poor thing. He didn't asked to be locked up and trained like pet. He's a wild animal, after all. You can't really ever predict what they're going to go.
Just ask Siegfried and Roy!
Eerily enough, Randy Miller, the owner of the training location and cousin of the attacked trainer, was quoted in the local newspaper in February as saying Rocky is "the best working bear in the business." But continued by stating, "If one of these animals gets a hold of your throat, you're finished."
What will happen to poor Rocky???
Should they kill him?
trainers assume the risk — and well very sad, this one paid the price. how's that the bear's fault? How would You react if you were torn from your home, thrown in a cage and forced to perform tricks for others amusement? Think ya might take a bit out of someone's ass eventually? Why is killing the bear even option? Hey f#ckee — return him to the wild where he belongs!
killing the bear shouldn't even be an option
its a fucking bear! its got a pretty big instinct to hurt people, so leave it the fuck alone!
No! Don't kill Rocky!!!!
dont kill the bear! hes not a domestic housecat for god sake!!
"If one of these animals gets a hold of your throat, you're finished."
Not unlike Faye Dunaway's behavior on a film set. Ha ha!
LEAVE THE BEAR ALONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LEAVE THE BEAR TO HIS FREEDOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YOU ARE SO RIGHT PEREZ - THEY INTERFERED WITH NATURE - BEAR DOES NOT DESERVE DEATH PENALTY FOR COMMITTING MURDER -FOR OBVIOUS REASON = IS A WILD ANIMAL
They should not kill Rocky. Bears are not meant to be trained nor are they meant to be on t.v. It's sad that the trainer died, but the bear's an animal. What do you expect?
Hell no, they should not kill that bear. And if you asked the trainer he killed, I bet he'd say don't kill him either. The trainer knew what he was up against and Rocky is a wild animal…unpredictable. I't's not Rocky's fault, he's a bear who has been held against his will all his life. Treat him with the respect he deserves. I pray he will be. I'm sick of goddamn humans mistreating and disrespecting animals.
— no, they shouldn't kill him, they shouldn't have had him in the first place. he is a wild animal, NOT A PET. he probably got sick of being mistreated or treated like a pet dog or cat. people need to stop "adopting" these animals to train them for the general population to ogle at. next time you're contemplating visiting a zoo or circus, look around online at how these animals are treated BEHIND the scenes.
How much money has that bear made people ??? Grizzlies are endangered and people are over-populating the world. Enough animals are killed in the name of money. Let the ego go and accept reality.Bears will be bears. He wants to climb trees, eat salmon and hibernate, not make crappy movies like Semi Pro.
NNNNNOOOOO! It 's not the bears fault, he's just doing what's natural to him, he's a predator! Anyway, everybody knows that you don't fuck with a wild animal and expect not to eventually get attacked! It's the order of nature.
Absolutely not. If they kill that bear I hope PETA hunts them down and sets their houses on fire.
No, he should not be killed! Save Rocky!!
Re: priscilla – Fuck you CUNT. Let's kill your dumb ass instead.
its a bear…doing bear things…let it go free before he begins to demand picnic baskets
ANIMAL TRAINERS ARE SICK. THE GRIZZLY WILL PROBABLY GET PUT TO SLEEP. ITS HORRIBLE THAT BUSINESS. ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING.
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POOR ROCKY!! GLAD THAT TRAINER DIED!!!!! HWE DESERVED IT!!!!!!!!
yes I think the bear should be put down, the bear will no longer be able to work and the bear certainly could not be "let free" I feel that this is the correct decision. It is a bear and it did kill a HUMAN. bye bye Rocky.
Sad? Yes, but a trained wild animal is still a wild animal. It shouldn't be put down because people don't get that concept.
i mean, its definitely sad, my heart goes out to stephen's family, but putting the bear down wont fix it. they're wild animals with instincts. when you have a job like that you know the risks
hells no!! Dont kill the bear, if the trainer who was killed had survived, he wouldn't have wanted anything to happen to Rocky. As a trainer, you need to understand that these animals are unpredictable, and as such, it is not the bears fault, but the trainers fault that he attacked. They also shouldn't trust him around humans anymore, so perhaps he should just be sent to a zoo or a wildlife refuge where he can just run around and be a bear!
the poor bear shouldn't be killed because humans were stupid enough to try to train a FREAKING BEAR. its a BEAR people not a bunny, DON'T try to get it to be cute and cuddly…now thats just asking for it
They should NOT kill this poor animal. Wild animals are not meant to be locked up and trained for acting or whatever other purposes. They should be allowed to roam free in their natural habitats.
Why was the trainer smacking the bear in his face? The cruelty to the animals is unbelievable. Shut down the damn Predator business.
Poor bear. They shouldn't kill it. The bear doesn't know any better. Its just acting on instinct
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They should NOT kill Rocky. Would you kill a bear in the wild for reacting in such a way? He did not asked to be poked and proded and kept in a cage for the duration of his life!
Hahahahahha I Love stories like this! Hahah captive bear killed trainer - ! Serves him right! All those years in captivity! Die sucker DIE!
Technically the bear's career was over after appearing in a Will Ferrer movie.
If only Rocky had snapped during the making of that movie and killed W. Ferrer perhaps the movie would have been better.
They shouldn't kill the bear, it was just suffering from post-Will Ferrer-depression.
PLEASE SAVE ROCKY!!!! HE DIDN'T CHOOSE TO BE TAKEN OUT OF HIS HABITAT. HE ACTED PURELY ON INSTINCT.
ALSO..THEY SERIOUSLY NEED TO JUST STOP USING LIVE WILD ANIMALS IN FILMS. THAT'S WHAT MODERN TECHNOLOGY IS FOR!!!
SAVE ROCKY!!!!!!!
NOOOOOOOO!!!!!! He is a bear. Period. His trainer knew the risks and would not want him put down…he's a wild animal. I would not fault the sharks I dive with for my death should anything every happen- God forbid. Calculated risks.
NOO THEY CANT KILL HIM
ITS THEIR OWN FUCKING FAULT
You can't kill an animal for acting like an animal!
WHY THE HELL would anyone find it logical to kill a bear for doing what it was born to do??? If this disgusts you, join me in boycotting places that exploit animals like Sea World and zoos that aren't rescue facilities.
Wild animals such as bears elephants, tigers or lions should never be used as entertainment. These animals habitats are being taken away everyday. None of these species live in wild habitat. They all live in protected areas. These species that are trained for entertainment are either taken from the wild or breed to be owned by corporations that chain them up and do not feed them properly. It is a disgusting trade that gets animals taken away from them ev eryday by the american zooological association. Look up the Hawthorne Corporation. Many of their elephants died from mal nutrition and being chained up in warehouses. Foremost, any person that works with animals takes the risk of being killed by the wild animal they are working with. This bear could of had a bad memory of being hit or pushed negatively to do a trick, and something the trainer did, triggered that memory, and caused him to freak. It happens alot in the zoological work, and the animals should never be killed for following their instinct with something they are forced to do. DO NOT GO TO CIRCUSES OR WATCH SHOWS WITH WILD ANIMALS BEING PUSHED TO DO SOMETHING THAT IS NOT IN THEIR NATURE.
NO WAY!
We live in such a throw away society. In the case of this poor bear, Rocky, he was taken from a natural environment at a very young age, beaten into submission (you can't make a huge bear do stupid tricks through positive reinforcement), and then was forced to interact with humans (and Will Ferell at that!). It was only a matter of time before he snapped the head off of some whip-wielding wacko trainer. And after all is said and done, this bear will just be thrown away because he was a wild animal forced to be human… Sick and sad.
This story really upsets me. Perez, you're right. This bear did not ask to be locked up and be made to perform by humans. This animal belonged in the wilderness, not in a cage. I would hope that the officials in charge of this case are not so ignorant as to not understand this. This bear does NOT deserve to die.
The answer is soooo obvious…IT'S NOT THE BEARS FAULT IT'S A BEAR, people need to learn that animals such as lions and tigers and bears (oh my!) are not pets and shouldn't be treated as such. It's their natural instinct, the trainer got what he deserved!
I'm watching this story as we speak, on E entertainment television. This story is the most disgusting, appalling story I have heard in a long while. Rocky is a WILD ANIMAL, the mere fact that he attacked his "trainer" only confirms this. HE WAS NOT BORN FOR OUR ENTERTAINMENT. Rocky is currently locked in a cage, by himself, outside. He deserves to be living, free, in the woods, were bears belong.
bien hecho que lo mato, quien le manda.
Heck no! Why should the poor bear die…not fair! He should be in the wild..not making these idiots money!
Bears are the single greatest threat to our national security.
even bears get tired of being collared & whipped.
Aww no they should not even dare touch rocky he never made the choice to become someones trained sideshow
Ur right Perez he is a wild animal for crying out loud what do u people expect!
Don't kill the bear!!!!!
absolutely not -
Why do these trainers always seem to think they can train the nature out of these poor animals .It's a freakin' bear. What do these people expect?
P.S Hi Perez
They shouldn't kill the bear. It's not the bear's fault. A bear is supposed to be in the wild. Not in show business.
it's a wild animal. wild animals aren't meant to do movies. should we kill it because we forced it to do something beyond its nature?
stupid question.
its a friken GRIZZLY BEAR, wut do u expect? retards…
he is a fucking G R I Z Z L Y B E A R for christ's sake!!!!!!!!!!!
why on earth should they kill him? he's a WILD animal. a GRIZZLY BEAR. people stay away from them for a reason. they aren't meant to be locked up and trained. what did they expect? for him to walk up to him and give him a big kiss?
He's an animal, they don't think they just act…. they should not kill him…. is not he's fault to be locked in and be trained..
Now if all wild animals killed their captors the world would be a better place! Leave wild animals alone, they are not pets and never will be!
NO DO NOT KILL HIM!!!!!!!!!!!!
As a lifelong hunter, and someone who actually RESPECTS wildlife, I can tell you it would be a travesty to put this animal down. Carnivores KILL. IT'S WHAT THEY DO. These animals CANNOT be domesticated or tamed, even if born in captivity. If you are around one, you live or die at the animals whim. The people who capture and train these animals are the ones who should be put down.
I don't think it's the animals fault at all and it would really make me sad to know that they put him down. He definitely should not be around people anymore now that they know he will attack. I would hope they could find a refuge for him. Even if he was born into captivity he still has wild instincts. Animals will attack you when they feel threatened or angered, think about your cat or dog getting pissed off at you and amplify that by 500.
Now that the bear has tasted blood, he's done. Time to put a bullet in his head. While they're at it…put one in PETA's head too. Better yet, feed PETA to the bear…then, put a bullet in his head. grrrrrrrr…mmmmm…..bang
you're correct, they were not put on Earth for our pleasure (ie: you dog, cat, bird, hamster)….they were put here to take a spot on our table…between the carrots and the mashed potatos
This is a case of man versus nature; and man got his ass kicked. Wild animals are unpredictable. You can take the animal out of the wild but you can't take the wild out of the animal…and on and on the cliches go. The moral of the story is: Rocky should not be punished for doing what comes to him naturally. Rocky's animal instinct took over. Period.
See everyone thinks that same thing. This bear should not be killed. It is a chance that we take by taking them out of their rightful home, the wild, and locking them and up and training them and making money off of them. They are wild animals no matter how much we may want to say that they are trained and tame. There is always going to be that chance and trainers themselves know this. So even for a trainer to take the chance of working with them and training them, that is on them! They know that the risks are very real and they know what they are getting themselves into. There is no gaurentee that this animal wont turn on them. I know this sounds gay but they have bad days just like us only they don't have a voice to express that so they can't say leave me alone or can you give me some space please. There are sighns im sure……….wether or not a trainer is going to pay attention to that or not is up to them. But I am sure that it is obvious that they don't want to perform or train on certain days, but just like anything else I am sure that money talks and I am sure that they push the animal to work even when it doesn't want to, well then so be it if it is going to attack its trainer, people should know that that is a very real factor, very real.
no way should this animal be killed-it's a wild animal and that is the chance humans take for taking them out of there habitat and wanting them to behave as people! please don't hurt this animal-set it free or let it live it's life out in a zoo.
I know what went wrong. It's a fucking GRIZZLY BEAR.
YES!!!!! If you are willing to personify this animal… then it should be put down…
NONONONONONONO. The bear didn't ask for this….NONONONO Please don't kill the bear please.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
ROCKY IS INNOCENT! THE TRAINERS ARE THE BAD GUYS> ROCKY SHOULD LIVE!
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you can't kill him…………………it's in his nature to attack when afraid or angry…………………he didn't even ask to be trained
SAVE ROCKY!
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and no, kill ANYONE AND EVERYONE who captures, locks up and tries to train wild animals!!!!!!!!
Under no circumstances should they put the bear down. It is a wild animal, it should be treated like a wild animal and not expected to act differently. I really feel sorry for the bear, and the man he killed. But killing the bear will only make things worse. How about STOP MAKING THE BEAR WORK! and let him live out the rest of his days at an animal reserve with minimal human contact especially if he could live with other bears.
Listen, I know the idea of the bear being euthanized is sad, but this isn't the first time a grizzly bear has ever attacked and killed a human. They're even capable of killing and EATING a human, a d have done so. Unfortunately, there's no way this bear could be released into the wild, because he now has the taste for human blood. He'd most likely attack and kill another human if he had a chance, like a hiker, or even a Fish and Game employee, etc. The way it's usually handled is euthanization. It's a grim fact in these circumstances. I don't like it any more than anyone else on here does, but those advocating a release into the wild as a better option aren't being entirely realistic, or maybe aren't looking at how areas of the country that actually have grizzly bears as a part of daily life tend to handle things.
No because he is a wild animal, and they made mroe than enough money off of him, that he should be able to live his life out as the wild animal that he is.
Anyone willing to work around a wild animal like this, should know that there will be a risk.
Humm what went wrong? let's see, you have a wild animal caged and probally abused. God the things we do to animals. It makes me so sad. GO VEGAN and treat animals with the respect they deserve!
They need to kill the bear. As soon as possible, or it will happen again. Sadly, when trained animals become too dangerous, there is no other way to handle the situation.
Re: Grizzly Adams – WTF, thats an old wifes tale, I say someone put a gun to your head and all the stupid "trainers" thinking they can control nature
Re: From Montana – They could do more, they do have those wildlife reserves.
These bastards have no right to decide to put the Bear down, just because it killed somebody! They should put him in an animal center and stop training him and leave him alone. Or if possible, put him back out in the wilde!
Stop killing animals because they hurt people!!! It's their instinct, they are wild, that's waht they are made of. And the people who try to train a bear fully know that they are taking risks. They have to fucking assume the risks!!!!!
I totally disagree with putting wild animals into films or tv or in a circus I even dislike zoos…I think animals should be left where they are and to do their own thing….But I think the bear has to be put down it's really sad and it's not actually the bears fault but the bear can't go back into the wild ok it's not absolutely domisticated but it's ndomisticated enough that it would be pretty hard to survive on it's own after been looked after for a long time by humans it would probaley go to where humans are to get fed and could cause rick.
So sadly for it's own good I think the bear should be put down.
omg no. if they do there will be problems for them, i assure you
Hell not they shoundt kill him… he shouldnt be held in captivitiy in the first place!!!
Are you effing kidding, this bear does not deserve to die or to be treated like an animal. Why don't they youth-in-asia the creeps who have keep Rocky captive? Animal Rights for Wild Bears!!!!
Yeh! I agree with Honey Delicious from Sydney, Australia, this bear does not need to be sent to the youth in asia, this bear has rights! That's why they say W-I-L-D animals ’cause the animal are wild!!! Is there something not wrong with this situation? Is it only me fighting for the right of poor Rocky? Please, please Perez, try to get the powers that be let Rocky live? Love Hoeny Green
omfg, its his natural instincs to first run, if feeling threatend, and is hes cornered or cage, attack, you cannot BLAME him!
the trainer KNOWS that he is taking a risk, and he very well knows that he may die!
leave the bear to live it's life.
god, im fifteen years old, and i even see the stupidity in destroying the poor bear!
This is a lot less than what humans have done to the bears. Probably wouldn't happen if Rocky was left alone.
why kill the bear? yeah sad thing but this is a wild animal NOT A FUCKING PET! poor thing…
No they shudnt kill rocky!!
its ther own fault for keepin him in a cage!
he belongs in the wild
a wild animal means it's not domesticated and no matter how much you train them, their primordial instincts will always take over.
how is the bear??
Re: fuck PETA – 1.
So #183 - YOU wrote “to all of you morons, how would you feel if it was your dad's life whom a dumb, #$%, worthless waste of fur ended?”. The idiot who died should not have been “training”, “working with” “feeding” “keeping” or anything at all with a wild animal, and if he/does so, they should be prepared to pay the consequences. This is a wild animal, not a pet, and to subject these animals to “your world” (which is nothing short of torture), well what do you expect should happen, the animal was simply being an animal and doing what comes natural. So I was just wondering if you have been educated past kindergarten??? Actually, don't bother answering that, I know the answer.
NO! THEY BETTER NOT KILL HIM.. HES JUST A WILD ANIMAL AND THE WILD IS WHERE HE SHOULD BE SENT TO.
Time to liberate the animals!!! STOP PUTTING THEM IN MOVIES AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT IS FOR SILLY HUMAN AMUSEMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LET HIM LIVE IN THE WILD AS HE WAS BORN TO!
Bears are bears, they do bear things like bite people. Save the bears!!
Let poor Rocky be! He is a wild animal! If anything, euthanise the trainers who are stupid and selfish enough to take an animal out of its environs to use it as some entertaining toy!
SAVE ROCKY !!!!!!!!
NOOOOOOOO!
they better not kill ROCKY!!
bears are WILD animals and are not meant for training.
so if they let him live how he is suppose to
this would not have happened!
PROTECT ROCKY!!!!!!
DONT KILL BEARS!!!
GOOD thing he got killed.
not because i hate him, but because youre not supposed to train and lock up bears and use them for other things than just being a bear.
if they kill this bear, id be so pissed.
i say: let the bear go!
anyone who wants to kill the bear is completely evil.
this bear wanted to be free and wild.
and they caught him and ruined him.
i know its too late for him to be in the wild.
but put him in a santuary.
but PLEASE DONT KILL THIS INNOCENT BEAR!
perez.. please post an update about the decision about this bear!
LEAVE BEARS ALONE!
PROTECT ROCKY!!
WILD MEANS WILD!
TRAINER DID THIS TO HIMSELF!!
LET ANIMALS BE WILD AND KEEP THEM IN THEIR NATURAL HABITAT!
PROTECT BEARS!
PROTECT ALL ANIMALS!
NOOOOO!!!!! He didnt ask to be trained!!!!!
Anyone who gets into the business of training wild animals knows the risk. Death is a possibility, and the bear should not be punished for simply being a bear.
You can never really domesticate anything…even a dog. When will people figure this out…