Originally posted on 01/20/2018:

Thomas Earl, 56, male July 8, 1932 Captive Cleveland, Ohio Earl, a zookeeper at the Cleveland Brookside Zoo, was mauled by a brown bear when feeding it in its pen. After a vicious struggle, police shot the bear. Earl was also mistakenly shot, but it was determined that he was already dead.[219] Earlier in the day, Earl had been fired from his job.[220]