Standing in shock as medics work to stem bleeding, Chinese boy, 9, who had his arm ripped off by bear he tried to pat at zoo
- Pictures show medics treating boy, 9, moments after arm ripped off by bear
- Blood streams down the child's shirt minutes after savage attack
- Shocked witnesses look in horror at bone protruding from his shoulder
- His severed limb can still be seen on the ground of the bear's enclosure
- Child had reached through the bars to try and pat the caged animal
- The bear grappled with the boy for 10 minutes until his arm was ripped free
- The boy's distraught parents have blamed the zoo for 'ruining their family'
Standing in shock as medics work to stem the bleeding, these shocking pictures show the moments after a boy had his arm ripped off by a bear he had tried to pat.
The disturbing images show paramedics applying bandages to the nine-year-old child's shoulder after his arm was torn off.
His severed limb can still be seen laying on the floor in the bear's enclosure, just minutes after the savage attack.
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Medics work to treat the boy, 9, after his arm was ripped off by a bear in a zoo in Pingdingshan, China
The boy stands in shock, not even crying, as blood streams down his shirt before medical assistance arrives
The child's severed limb was left in the bear's enclosure for 20 minutes after it was torn off by the animal
The nine-year-old stands in complete shock with bone protruding from where his arm had previously been as blood streams down his shirt.
For a brief moment he stands completely alone, not even crying, as tourists stare at the mauled boy, waiting for medical staff to arrive.
The grim pictures of the Chinese boy and the shattered remains of his arm were widely shared online after the horrifying incident.
He was at Hebin Park Zoo, in Pingdingshan city in central China's Henan province, with his grandfather as a treat.
When his grandfather went to buy sweets, the child clambered over a safety rail to get nearer to the animal and reached in to stroke it.
At this point the bear put his head through the bars and grabbed the boy by his arm.
The child screamed as the bear grappled with his arm for 10 minutes before tearing it free, witnesses said.
People were seen trying to beat off the bear but their attempts were in vain.
Zoo staff could do nothing as the bear mauled the boy, and took a further 20 minutes to retrieve his severed right arm.
Witnesses said the bear grappled with the boy for 10 minutes before ripping his arm off, leaving the boy with bone protruding from his shoulder
The boy had been taken to the zoo as a treat from his grandfather, who left him briefly to buy sweets
People were seen trying to beat off the bear as it savagely attacked the child but their attempts were in vain
The boy's parents have slammed the zoo, saying staff should have been supervising the bear.
His mother, Ku, said she could not believe it when she arrived at Pingdingshan Number 152 Hospital to be told that surgeons would have to amputate what was left of her son's arm.
She said: 'I don't know how we will ever get over this. Our entire family has been ruined because of this zoo.
'They should have made it safer and they should have always had staff on duty to supervise the animals.'
The zoo has not commented.
Bear attacks are rare although according to the Journal of Emergency Medicine, there were 162 bear-inflicted injuries in the USA between 1900 and 1985, International Business Times reports.
Jeffrey Tittel, director of environmental organisation New Jersey Sierra Club, claims that bears are usually docile and afraid of people.
Attacks often relate to people having food, as bears that have been fed by humans see people as a source of food and can become aggressive.
The child's mother, Ku (pictured crying), has blamed the zoo's staff for not supervising the animal at all times
The boy's father cries in a corridor at the hospital, where what was left of his son's arm was amputated
Bear attacks are rare, with the docile animals usually afraid of approaching people, animal experts say
Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/
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