Killer Teddy Bear Leaves 2,500 Fish Dead

A teddy bear is being blamed for killing approximately 2,500 trouts.

Officials in New Hampshire say a teddy bear dropped into a pool at a Fish and Game Department hatchery clogged a drain which blocked the flow of oxygen to the pool and suffocated the fish.

Hatcheries supervisor Robert Fawcett said the bear is believed to be the first stuffed bear to cause fatalities at the facility.

"We've had pipes get clogged, but it's usually with more naturally occurring things like a frog or even a dead muskrat", he said. "This one turned out to be a teddy bear and we don't know how it got there."

The deaths prompted him to release a written warning: "Release of any teddy bears into the fish hatchery water is not permitted".

He said it's not known who dropped the bear, but urged anyone whose bear ends up in a hatchery pool to find a worker to remove it. "They might save your teddy bear, and keep it from becoming a killer", he said.

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