The Berlin zoo doesn't plan to change security measures even after a polar bear attacked a womanwho managed to jump into the bears' enclosure last week, an incident caught on video.
"It is already safe," zoo spokesman Heiner Kloes said Monday.
The woman, who has not been identified, climbed down a fence, over a wide hedge full ofthorns and got past a concrete wall before swan diving into the murky moat where the polar bearsswim.
One of four bears in the enclosure bit the woman's arms, legs and back beforekeepers rescued her out with a life preserver.
The woman was taken to Berlin's CharitDe hospital for treatment and is still recovering, theBild newspaper reported Monday. The hospital did not return phone calls seeking comment.
It was not clear what made the woman circumvent all those security measures and jump in withfour large, fully grown polar bears. Police did not provide any motive for the incident.
Last year, a man who said celebrity polar bear Knut looked "lonely" hurdled over awater-filled ditch into his enclosure at the same zoo. The 37-year-old emerged unscathed afterkeepers lured Knut away with a leg of beef.
An older bear attacked Friday's leaper.
Despite visitors' repeated attempts to hug the huge, powerful bears, keepers have no plans tochange the zoo's setup. The concrete wall protecting the polar bears' enclosure will not be builtup higher than its current three feet (90 centimeters), nor will more guards be posted, Kloes said.
"People who want to jump in will always find a way," he added.
