Bear bites boy’s arm off after trying to feed him at the zoo

A BEAR in central China has bit off the arm of a nine-year-old boy who tried to feed it through its cage.

In this Sept. 22, 2014 photo provided by the Wildlife Conservation Society, grizzly bear Veronica is shown at the Bronx Zoo in New York. Veronica, along with grizzly bear Betty, will be relocating to the Central Park Zoo in November. (AP Photo/Wildlife Conservation Society, Julie Larsen Maher)

A BEAR in central China has bit off the arm of a nine-year-old boy who tried to feed it through its cage, media reports say.

The reports said the attack happened on Saturday afternoon at Pingdingshan Hebin Park in Henan province, which has a zoo inside. The boy managed to push his arm through the bear’s cage to feed it when the bear bit him.

A doctor at the Pingdingshan Number 152 Hospital, who treated the boy, said he lost his entire right arm, which had to be amputated.