Bear – human contests banned at Ohio fair
The Cincinnati Enquirer reports that federal prosecutors have forced wild animals to be removed from the Hamilton County Fair due to lack of a proper license, terminating the pizza eating contests between a bear and human opponents:
Then, Ingle said, there were complaints that the bear was being treated poorly because he was being “forced” to participate against people in a pizza-eating contest.
That’s true.
“He loves pizza. Pepperoni is his favorite. We think he’s Italian because he likes pizza,” said Mazzola, whose heritage is Italian.