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Oct 25, 2014 6:10:58 GMT -9
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Oct 27, 2014 15:32:58 GMT -9
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Nov 22, 2014 7:09:31 GMT -9
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Post by sarus on Jan 7, 2015 7:51:08 GMT -9
¨ Horrifying: Footage shows the hunter being mauled by the raged bearForest worker mauled to death while hunting bear that attacked two villagersJan 06, 2015 10:07 By James TegerdineThe forest guard was reportedly set upon by the female beast during a hunt near Surajapur, IndiaA man hunting a bear that attacked two villagers was brutally mauled to death and eaten alive by the animal. The Indian man, believed to be a 47-year-old forest guard, was set upon by the beast near Surajapur in Central India's Chhattisgarh state. The victim was reportedly attempting to snare the female animal following claims of two bear attacks in a nearby village. Witnesses told local media that the mammal caught the man by surprise when it emerged from dense woodland. As the bear set about attacking the guard, his desperate cries for help alerted other members of the hunt party. People pelted the animal with stones in an attempt to scare it off, while others stood and filmed the attack. Horrifying graphic mobile phone footage - which we have chosen not to publish - shows the beast begin to tear at the helpless man's face and body. Gun shots can be heard, but the bear barely flinches - and continues to sink its teeth and claws into the hunter. After an excruciating ten minutes, the bear was eventually driven away but tragically, the unnamed victim was declared dead at the scene. ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ► www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/forest-worker-mauled-death-hunting-4924053____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ .Excellent photo,thanks Sarus.
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Post by warsaw on Jan 8, 2015 7:56:38 GMT -9
Canada. Canadian Press | October 20, 2014 | Last Updated: Oct 20 3:12 PM ET Grizzly climbs into Yukon family’s home, fatally injuring woman before her husband shot bear dead JOHNSONS CROSSING, Yukon – Yukon’s coroner’s service says a grizzly bear that fatally attacked a woman had climbed inside her home before chasing her outside and mauling her. Claudia Huber, who was 42 years old, died of her injuries on Saturday following the attack near Johnsons Crossing, located about 136 kilometres southeast of Whitehorse. The coroner’s service says the family dog started barking when it saw the bear approach the property, alerting Huber’s spouse and prompting him to grab his rifle. The bear climbed through a window into the home and the couple fled, but the bear pursued them and attacked Huber. The coroner’s service says Huber’s spouse shot the bear dead and took Huber to a medical clinic, where she died of her injuries. A necropsy on the bear has been completed, while an autopsy on Huber has been scheduled. ca.bukvar.mk/news/?newsid=8C8
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Jan 11, 2015 9:40:57 GMT -9
Post by warsaw on Jan 11, 2015 9:40:57 GMT -9
Kermanshahi Bear euthanized for ‘tens of shells’ in its body TEHRAN, May 12 (MNA) – Veterinarians in Tehran University Veterinary School has euthanized a bear diagnosed for being targeted with more than 100 bullets shot by hunters. The bear was reportedly noticed by local pastors in rural setting in Eslamabad Gharb of Kermanshah, a western province of Iran. Eslamabad’s Department of Environment local office received an account of a bear ‘not in proper health’ by the local cattle shepherds. The staff of the Department had been said to control the bear in cooperation with local people in Tang Shohan heights after 3 hours of operation, Keyvan Houshmand was quoted by Mehr News to have said. “The bear was a female young brown bear which the shepherds told to ‘rotate around itself’ because of general severe weakness and a right-paw injury.’ The preliminary examinations resulted in apparent poisoning by eating wild mushrooms or being bitten by a snake, or eating a poisoned carcass, or a heavy blow on the head,” said he, and that “the bear however was transferred to Kermanshah’s Veterinary School for better diagnosis.” “With the demand by Dr. Marashi, the chief veterinarian of the Environment, the bear had been transferred to Pardisan Wild Park clinic, and having been anesthetized, taken to University of Tehran Veterinary School hospital,” he said, where the CT scan revealed the astonishing fact that there were more than 100 bullets from shotgun shells fired at close range by the hunters in the head, neck, and upper part of the bear’s body. “The evidence indicated that the animal failed to find its food due to visual loss and became haggard and weak over time,” he added. “However, the veterinary team diagnosed the damage as being irreversible and ended the bear’s life through euthanasia,” the head of Iran's Environment and Wildlife Watch told Mehr News. Dr. Iman Memarian, the veterinarian in Pardisan Wildlife Park clinic said that the metal objects in the head, skull, and rib cage of the animal had caused blindness and the paralysis of the right hand of the body. “The penetration of many shells to skull and the left side of the brain is the real cause of much of damage to the brain,” he added, and that “the medical team ended the suffering of the bear by injection of T61, since shells were seen also in other vital organs of the animal such as aorta.” en.mehrnews.com/TextVersionDetail/102846
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Jan 13, 2015 2:00:04 GMT -9
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May 2, 2015 23:42:34 GMT -9
Post by warsaw on May 2, 2015 23:42:34 GMT -9
COIMBATORE:A day after a bear reportedly mauled to death a woman and injured two persons, forest officials gunned down the animal at Thothamokke near Kotagiri on Tuesday. On Monday, the bear had killed a 50-year-old estate worker Mathi and injured two others – Halan (52) and Kumar (24). Forest staff entered the forest to tranquillise the animal hiding behind tea bushes. The officials shot two tranquilliser darts. Before the two darts could take effect, it allegedly attacked watcher Karunamurthy and forester Stalin. Officials claimed that they had no other option than to kill the animal. District Forest Officer, Nilgiris (North), K Soundarapandian told Express that the bear had attacked Karunamurthy, who sustained grievous injuries. “The other staff who were standing nearby shot the bear to save the life of the watcher,” he said. Sloth Bear Shot as Tranquilisation Bid Goes Awry in Coimbatore Karunamurthy who was rushed to the Kotagiri Government Hospital was referred to Coimbatore Medical College Hospital for further treatment. Forest department has advised the public to avoid standing near tea bushes. “We can prevent bear and leopard attacks if people exercise caution and avoid loitering around tea bushes and thick forest areas alone and at odd hours. We are trying to clear the tea bushes to keep animals from hiding behind them,” said the DFO. Meanwhile, the founder of Wildlife and Nature Conservation Trust (WNCT), Sadiq Ali urged to the State government to equip forest staff with protective gear. “We could have prevented watcher Karunamurthy and forester Stalin from the attack if they had worn protective gears,” he opined. Later, members of the public picketed the vehicles of the forest officials demanding the carcass of the ‘killer’ bear be burnt in their presence. www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil_nadu/Sloth-Bear-Shot-as-Tranquilisation-Bid-Goes-Awry-in-Coimbatore/2015/03/25/article2728973.ecewww.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil_nadu/Man-Animal-Conflict-Cause-of-Concern/2015/03/27/article2732457.ece
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May 19, 2015 19:19:16 GMT -9
Post by sarus on May 19, 2015 19:19:16 GMT -9
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Woman survives after being buried alive by bear in ferocious attackRescuers save Natalya Pasternak, 55, who is now fighting for her life. The mother-of-two, a post office worker, was attacked by the bear when she was collecting birch sap in forests near Tynda, in Amur region. Her dog started to bark, sensing the danger. The wild animal then attacked the dog and her, as her unnamed friend escaped to alert the emergency services. The bear evidently thought the woman was dead and sought to bury her and hide its prey, apparently saving its next meal. Rescuers including a wildlife protection specialist rushed to the scene and the bear started to attack the group. They shot the bear, a four year old female. Then they noticed the woman's hand jutting out from under a pile of leaves. They cleared the foliage and found Natalya alive and conscious, though seriously injured. 'Have you killed the bear?' she asked. She suffered severe injuries to her head and thigh, and is in deep shock. The bear clawed at her hair and skin, said one report. She was rushed to Tynda hospital where doctors said she is in a 'severe' condition. Dramatic pictures showed the woman - covered in blood and with claw injuries visible on her arm - the moment she was rescued, and the dead bear. Her two adult children are at the hospital, said local reports.
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May 20, 2015 10:28:06 GMT -9
Post by warsaw on May 20, 2015 10:28:06 GMT -9
Last Updated: Tuesday, 19 October, 2004, 16:10 GMT 17:10 UK E-mail this to a friend Printable version Romanian killer bear had rabies Brown bear Romania has many brown bears The authorities in Brasov, central Romania, have declared a rabies alert after an infected brown bear killed two men and injured six others. Brasov is under quarantine and a close watch is being kept on animals there. The forested area on the edge of the city where the attack took place on Saturday is being sealed off. Romanian television says doctors have started vaccinating more than 100 people who came into contact with the rabid bear or its victims. Foraging for food Believed to be a she-bear, the animal attacked five people out picking mushrooms and fell on three others in another part of the woods. One man is said to have died at the scene. Hunters shot and killed the bear several hours after the attack. The animal had also attacked an ambulance sent to help. Tests conducted at the Pasteur Institute in Bucharest confirmed the bear had rabies. A hospital official in Brasov told the AFP news agency that a second injured man died "after his condition weakened, due to being diabetic. His death was not caused by rabies". Cameraman Ciprian Oana of private Pro TV Brasov said he had visited the scene. "I was asked to help with the transport of the injured, I got blood all over my hands, that is why I think it is necessary to be vaccinated," he said. Police have been mobilised to patrol the outskirts of Brasov to stop bears reaching residential areas and rummaging through dustbins. A municipal official quoted by AFP, George Scripcaru, said people on the outskirts had been "unknowingly encouraging" wild animals to forage for food. Romania has thousands of brown bears living in the wild and they often come close to Brasov, a city of 350,000 people surrounded by large forested areas, in the mountainous Transylvania region. news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3756078.stm
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May 24, 2015 6:14:08 GMT -9
Post by warsaw on May 24, 2015 6:14:08 GMT -9
Two Brown Bears Shot Dead Near Greek-Albanian Borders - See more at: greece.greekreporter.com/2013/12/17/two-brown-bears-shot-dead-near-greek-albanian-borders/#sthash.gGzbQ9Hl.dpufOn Tuesday, animal rights activists found a female brown bear and her cub shot, in a wooded area in Kastoria near the Greek-Albanian border. Arcturos the northern Greece-based bear conservation group, was informed by police after the discovery of the dead female bear and her cub bore gunshot wounds. The authorities believe that the 150-kilogram female bear was shot several times in the snout on a nearby road, and that her body was then dragged into the woods. The 40-kilo cub also had gunshot wounds to its body. According to Arcturos, the two bears were shot in an isolated area that has no residences or livestock farms nearby. The two bears were found dead in each other’s embrace. It is thought that the mother bear, who suffered the most serious injuries, was shot and killed first and that the cub, injured by gunfire, after wandering, returned near its mother waiting for her to wake up and then died next to her. “This is the first time in Arcturos’s 21 years of operation that we have seen such a heinous case of murder of a mother and baby bear,” the animal conservation group stated. “Other than its environmental dimension, this case also surpasses all moral boundaries.” The population of brown bears in Greece is estimated at 350-400. The brown bear (Ursus arctos) is protected under Greek law as an endangered species. Its killing can lead to imprisonment. - See more at: greece.greekreporter.com/2013/12/17/two-brown-bears-shot-dead-near-greek-albanian-borders/#sthash.gGzbQ9Hl.dpuf
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Jul 11, 2015 3:47:28 GMT -9
Post by warsaw on Jul 11, 2015 3:47:28 GMT -9
Visit to home fatal for black bear sow, cubs Anchorage police said they shot and killed a black bear and two cubs at a Stuckagain Heights home after the animals broke in last week and tried again twice on Saturday. Police said they shot the sow on a back doorstep of the smaller of two houses on the property at about noon Saturday as it was clawing at the door. Officers then shot one cub while it was on the roof and a second while it was on a deck. A third escaped into the woods. Homeowner Madeline Knowlton said her family members don't leave trash outside and they had lived about 20 years in the Farpoint Circle home without any bears breaking in. Then in 2006, one of her sons killed a 275-pound black bear that got inside while he and his wife were sleeping. He shot it while the bear was bounding up the stairs toward him. Last year, a bear broke into her kitchen. This week, it was the sow and three cubs that was wreaking havoc. But Knowlton was upset about the shooting of the cubs on Saturday. "I didn't know they had to shoot the babies," she said. "They were like little teddy bears." Anchorage police Sgt. Rod Ryan said the cubs were shot because he was told Saturday by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game that no one could take the animals this weekend. Fish and Game officials could not be reached for comment Saturday. It's a sad ending for the bears, but unless they were killed, they would keep returning to the home, Ryan said. Eventually, they'd hurt someone, Ryan said. Anchorage police spokeswoman Anita Shell said police officers will shoot an animal when it is threatening human safety or property. The sow broke into the smaller house for the first time on Thursday, Knowlton said. The bears ransacked the kitchen, leaving candy and other food scraps scattered on the floor and in the back yard. Installing a dead bolt on the door last week after the bears first visited wasn't enough to keep the animals from returning and trying to get inside the unit again multiple times on Saturday. "They were trained to know that there was food in there," Ryan said. When Knowlton first contacted police on Saturday -- at about 8 a.m. -- the sow and one of the cubs took off into the bushes, Ryan said. "I went up to the door, and there were the two cubs looking at me. I shut the door and called Fish and Game," Ryan said. On Fish and Game's advice, Ryan let the cubs back outside, he said. While no garbage had been left lying around outside either house, the dead bolt had not been secured that morning, Ryan and Knowlton said. Knowlton called police again when the bears returned around noon. This time, the dead bolt was secure and the sow was breaking the door-window glass and tearing down the door frame to get inside. Knowlton saw the police arrive but she didn't realize the sow was breaking the door. She had stayed inside the main house, snapping pictures through her window of the cubs climbing on her wood-shingled roof and playing on the upstairs deck. At one point, she snapped a photo of one of the cubs walking on a railing past a can of bear spray the Knowltons had purchased to ward off the bears. Knowlton was still photographing the cubs when she heard the police shoot their mother. Then, they shot two of the cubs. The third cub fell off the roof and ran off into the woods, Ryan said. It was unclear Saturday whether that cub was injured. At mid-afternoon, the dead sow was still lying in a pile of debris from the broken door on the back doorstep. One of the dead cubs was still on a deck. The other dead cub was in the yard. Later in the afternoon, Knowlton said one of her sons cleaned up the mess and dragged the carcasses down to the road for Fish and Game officials to pick them up later. Later Saturday night, however, APD returned and removed the carcasses, she said. Ryan said no one at the Knowlton home, which abuts the woods on the southern boundary of Fort Richardson, was cited by Anchorage police. He said they did not break any city rules involving unsecured trash. Find Elizabeth Bluemink online at adn.com/contact/ebluemink or call 257-4317. www.adn.com/article/20100807/visit-home-fatal-black-bear-sow-cubs
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Post by warsaw on Aug 9, 2015 8:54:19 GMT -9
Fatal Eurasian Brown Bear Attacks—Two Swedish Fatalities in Modern Times Torfinn Gustafsson B.M. andAnders Eriksson M.D., Ph.D.* Abstract Fatal bear attacks on humans are uncommon with only one reported case in Sweden since 1902. The bear population is, however, growing and the frequency of confrontations is likely to increase. Case I-A 40-year-old hunter and his dog were found dead near a bear's den. Autopsy showed that a large portion of the face, facial skeleton, and anterior portion of the brain was missing. Autopsy of the bear showed two nonfatal gunshot wounds. Case II-A 61-year-old man and his dog were found dead outside a hunting lodge. Autopsy revealed numerous wounds, including partial evisceration of the intestines. The victim's blood ethanol concentration was 0.27%. These cases confirm the presence of risk factors identified by the Scandinavian Brown Bear Research Project, that is, provocation by a dog, encountering an injured bear, and appearing close to its den. An additional possible factor in case II was ethanol intoxication. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26251175
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Aug 15, 2015 5:35:45 GMT -9
Post by warsaw on Aug 15, 2015 5:35:45 GMT -9
Officials believe hiker’s death caused by bear From Staff Reports 8:55 a.m. MDT August 10, 2015 -Yellowston Grizzly 2.jpg_20110706.jpg (Photo: AP File Photo/Jim Urquhart) CONNECT TWEET LINKEDIN COMMENT EMAIL MORE Preliminary results of the investigation into the recent death of a hiker in Yellowstone National Park show that the man was attacked by a grizzly bear, park officials said Saturday. www.greatfallstribune.com/story/news/local/2015/08/10/grizzly-suspected-yellowstone-hiker-death-caught/31406295/Officials in a news release said the exact cause of death has not been determined. Investigators said they have identified what appear to be defensive wounds on the victim’s forearms. “We may not be able to conclusively determine the circumstances of this bear attack, but we will not risk public safety,” Yellowstone National Park Superintendent Dan Wenk stated in the news release. “We are deeply saddened by this tragedy and our hearts go out to the family and friends of the victim as they work to cope with the loss of someone who loved Yellowstone so very much.” The victim’s body was found near the Elephant Back Loop Trail near Lake Village on Friday afternoon. The trail and immediate area is closed until further notice. Signs are posted and maps of the closure area are available at park visitor centers, park officials said. Based on partial tracks found at the scene, it appears that an adult female grizzly and at least one cub-of-the-year were present and likely involved in the attack, park officials said. The name of the individual is being withheld pending family notification, officials said. Wildlife biologists set bear traps in the area on Friday evening. Bears trapped and identified as having been involved in the attack will be euthanized, park officials said. The Montana man was a long-term seasonal employee of Medcor, the company that operates three urgent care clinics in the park, officials said, adding he worked in Yellowstone for five seasons and they described him as an “experienced hiker.” The man was reported missing Friday morning when he did not report for work, officials said. A park ranger found his body in a popular off-trail area he was known to frequent, about a half mile from the Elephant Back Loop Trail. More park rangers and wildlife biologists gathered evidence for bear DNA recovery. Park officials said the investigation will continue, but said heavy rains in the area Friday and Saturday have made it evidence recovery difficult. A forensic autopsy is now scheduled for Monday. All of Yellowstone is considered bear country. Hikers are advised to stay on designated trails, travel in groups of three or more people, carry bear spray, be alert for bears and make noise to help avoid surprise encounters.
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Aug 15, 2015 7:56:45 GMT -9
Post by warsaw on Aug 15, 2015 7:56:45 GMT -9
globalnews.ca/news/2155638/man-shoots-grizzly-bear-that-broke-into-his-kimberley-home/Man shoots grizzly bear that broke into his Kimberley home It was a rude awakening Niki Traverse will never forget. Early this morning, Traverse and her family were sound asleep in their Kimberley home when the family dog picked up a scent coming from the kitchen. “He was barking like he’s never barked before,” said Traverse. “I came out into our kitchen…and I [saw] the bear.” It was a male grizzly bear feasting on pet food kept in a cupboard. Traverse bolted to the bedroom to grab her husband Mark, who is an avid hunter. He said it took multiple shots to kill the bear. Conservation officers say bear break-ins are rare. When they do happen, they typically involve black bears not grizzlies. Conservation officer Jared Connatty said the Traverses did almost everything right, keeping their garbage inside and their food in containers. “The actions of this bear suggest that it had developed this learned behaviour prior to this incident this morning and has likely done this before,” he said. The Traverse family is left with a bit of a property damage, but realize things could have been much worse. “I’m thankful I’m married to a hunter,” Niki said.
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