GO! Help the Bear convicted for theft of Honey!
March 14th, 2008 by arvind
Arvind here with a crazy story for Friday fun.
A bear in Macedonia has just been convicted for theft of honey
The bear, tried and covicted in his absence, now has a criminal record after a court found it guilty of theft and criminal damage.
There was an empty dock in the court in the city of Bitolam, and no handcuffed bear. The case was brought by the exasperated beekeeper after a year of trying vainly to protect his beehives.
Since the animal had no owner and belonged to a protected species, the court ordered the state to pay for the damage to the hives
The bear meanwhile remains at large - somewhere in Macedonia. He carries around a big WANTED sign with him.
What do you think - world gone crazy?!
this is what happens when you stop bears dancing
I think he was framed by Yogi.
Boo-Boo is now living in hiding in Mexico, under the pseudonym: Pooh.
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I think it’s pretty ridiculous that the bear now has a criminal record, but I do agree that the state should pay for the damage done to the guy’s hives. If he’s taken what steps he is allowed to take under the law to prevent the bear from doing the damage, then the state should make up the shortfall.
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Gareth and others - as you can’t open the BBC link where you are, here is the full story:-
“The taste of honey was just too tempting for a bear in Macedonia, which repeatedly raided a beekeeper’s hives.
Now it has a criminal record after a court found it guilty of theft and criminal damage.
But there was an empty dock in the court in the city of Bitola and no handcuffed bear, which was convicted in its absence.
The case was brought by the exasperated beekeeper after a year of trying vainly to protect his beehives.
For a while, he kept the animal away by buying a generator, lighting up the area, and playing thumping Serbian turbo-folk music.
But when the generator ran out of power and the music fell silent, the bear was back and the honey was gone once more.
“It attacked the beehives again,” said beekeeper Zoran Kiseloski.
Because the animal had no owner and belonged to a protected species, the court ordered the state to pay for the damage to the hives - around $3,500 (£1,750; 2,238 euros).
The bear, meanwhile, remains at large - somewhere in Macedonia.”
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Oh the PAW fella!
Madness but clearly as Mooooog35 points out, smarter than the average.
Cheers Arvind, appreciate the help.
This makes a lot of sense. The people of this place somewhere in Macedonia were really, really bored and needed something to do to entertain themselves.
So, they simply hired a bear, bought some honey from the local supermarket, and made up a humorous story to 1. get a attention and 2. LAUGH!!
I’m thinking of starting a fund to buy the bear a Burberry cap and a chunky 9ct gold plated chain.
A bear berry cap…
Interesting.
I wonder how they would idenitify him…..
Description:
Convicted large bear at large….
Identifiable marks includes
include large furry head
big teeth
large paws
and the intense smell of honey…
lol
It wasnt me didnt do it I was framed……..
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I think they’ll have a hard time distinquishing him in a line up of the usual suspects.
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Unless he is the one with the big grin…..hehehehehe
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