Zookeepers charged after Kodiak bear rides shotgun to Dairy Queen

[steve2470]

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/05/10/zoo_faces_charges_after_bear_rides_shotgun_to_dairy_queen/

Canadian law enforcement is bearing down on a pair of zoo owners whose wild trip to the local Dairy Queen wasn't quite the Kodiak moment they'd hoped for.

Doug Bos and Debbie Rowland, who own the the Discovery Wildlife Park in Innisfail, Alberta, have been charged under the Wildlife Act after they took a one-year-old bear to an ice cream drive-thru and allowed staff to feed it.

The duo said they "forgot" to tell the authorities that they were planning to take Berkley the Kodiak bear for the jaunt, which – according to the Canadian press – they proceeded to film and post on social media.

The video captured the bear being hand-fed an ice cream cone from the front seat of one of the zoo's trucks, but was later removed after public outcry.

[Merlot]

1. Idiots! They should watch that doc about the guy who lived with the bears

It doesn't end well.