Boo Boo the Bear

Washington University recently hired Cindy's Petting Zoo to help take stress off students during finals. They made an agreement that the petting zoo was ONLY TO BRING DOMESTICATED FARM ANIMALS. Surprise, surprise, they show up with a bear cub.

Boo Boo in a student's arms.
(courtesy of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

Boo Boo, a 3-month-old bear cub, whose mother was most likely killed in order to obtain him for the petting zoo, nipped a couple of students because he is still teething. After finding out that Boo Boo was taken out of the wild, Wash-U told all the students who had been nipped to report it to the Student Health Services because Boo Boo might have rabies. If I went to Wash-U, this would certainly be taking a lot of stress off of me!

Because animals born in the wild might not show rabies symptoms, it was decided that Boo Boo would have to be euthanized in order to conduct tests to determine whether or not the students should seek medical treatment. The date for the euthanasia is yet to be set.

Boo Boo did nothing wrong! He was an untrained bear taken away from his family and his home by a cruel petting zoo owner. He should not have to die! Boycott Cindy's Petting Zoo until they re-look this ghastly felony! Write to a politician! We must do something about this, and quickly, to save an innocent cub from a terrible fate!