Mum hurls toddler 16ft into zoo bear enclosure as horrified witnesses try to stop her

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bear enclosure at the zoo, as horrified witnesses helplessly tried to stop her.The incident took place at a zoo in the Uzbekistani capital of Tashkent, with the bear, Zuzu, getting up close to the little girl and sniffing her, before wandering away.That’s when the zoo staff managed to lead the giant animal to a separate part of the enclosure and swooped in to rescue the distressed child.

A spokesperson for the zoo said: “A young woman threw a little girl down into a brown bear’s enclosure, in front of all the visitors. “It was completely unclear what her motive was.

Both the visitors and the staff of the zoo were trying to stop her but failed.” The spokesperson added: "We are scared to even think of how this would have ended if the bear were to see the toddler as its prey. “Zuzu, a male Caucasian Brown Bear was watching the woman, who threw the little one over a metal fence.

She fell into a trench under the fence. Zuzu slowly stood up, slowly moved down the trench, walked towards the girl, sniffed her and then walked back.”To stay up to date with all the latest news, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters here. The girl suffered a concussion, head cuts and bruises from her fall, “but not a single trace of wounds from the bear’s fangs or claws.” She was also suffering from a “light shock” but is currently in a stable condition in hospital, under constant observation.