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Bear enclosure climber has history of mental illness

Cindy Chew/The Examiner
The man arrested Saturday for barging into a grizzly bear enclosure at San Francisco Zoo has a history of mental health illness, according to family. Twenty-one-year-old Kenneth Herron was rescued in a catatonic state from Grizzly Gulch Saturday after climbing into the enclosure just before the zoo closed for the day. Read More

‘Zombielike’ zoo trespasser keeping quiet in jail

Cindy Chew/The Examiner
A 21-year-old transient who bypassed a fence, a moat and electric wires to throw himself into a grizzly bear enclosure at the San Francisco Zoo appeared “zombielike” — an affect that likely saved his life — as one of the 500-pound animals sniffed at his shoes, zoo officials said. Read More
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