FOXSYLVANIA

– – During medieval times, animals were at times tormented as public entertainment through such displays as bear-baiting and what was termed the “horse and ape” spectacle; dogs were also trained to fight bears and bulls confined in a pit.  To add insult to injury, animals were occasionally even put on trial!   In 1499, a bear was charged with terrorizing villages in Germany.   Defense lawyers cried foul (not bruin), and pleaded that the defendant should be tried by a jury of its peers…peer bears, that is!

If,  however,  Yogi Bear is ever put on trial, I’d volunteer to be judge, jury, and Lord High Executioner…sorry, Boo-boo!

This entry was posted on April 16, 2011 at 2:29 am and is filed under animal oddities, animals, furry, historical perspectives, strange happenings, weird. You can subscribe via RSS 2.0 feed to this post's comments.

Tags: animals on trial, legal lunacy