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8 black attacks from this some very recent ones

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From the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources:

MOUNT NEBO, West Virginia – The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (DNR) has investigated an attack on a man by a black bear in the Mount Nebo area of Nicholas County, West Virginia, according to Colin Carpenter, black bear project leader for the DNR.

On August 26, 2015, a man was knocked down and bitten several times by a female black bear after he had unexpectedly walked up on a cub in the trail. The man fought back aggressively and was able to deter the female bear, according to Carpenter. The man escaped the attack with minor injuries. A lack of physical evidence from the bear and delayed reporting of the attack precluded any attempts to capture the offending animal.

“Bear attacks on humans are rare, but this recent incident should serve to remind people how unpredictable wild animals can be,” said Carpenter. “Although this appears to be a defensive attack by a female with young cubs, the fact that the man fought back aggressively most likely prevented more severe injuries.”


2: Bear Attack Near Los Alamos

Posted on September 11, 2015


A MAN IS IN THE HOSPITAL AFTER BEING ATTACKED BY A BEAR LAST (WED) NIGHT NEAR LOS ALAMOS. THE 56 YEAR OLD MAN IS BEING TREATED AT CHRISTUS ST. VINCENT HOSPITAL IN SANTA FE FOR DEEP FLESH WOUNDS AND SCRATCHES TO HIS HEAD.

THE STATE GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT’S KARL MOFFATT TELLS 770 KKOB IT HAPPENED AS THE MAN WAS RUNNING ALONG THE CANYON DE VALLE TRAIL NORTH OF LOS ALAMOS. THAT TRAIL HAS BEEN CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. GAME AND FISH OFFICERS ARE NOW SEARCHING FOR THE BEAR, AND WILL TEST IT FOR RABIES IF FOUND. THE FEMALE BEAR WAS WITH ITS CUB WHEN THE ATTACK OCCURRED


3: CTV Toronto
Published Sunday, May 12, 2013 6:51PM EDT
Last Updated Monday, May 13, 2013 7:42AM EDT


A 30-year-old man is recovering in hospital after he was mauled by a bear on Saturday outside his home in northern Ontario.

Joe Azougar, who had just moved to Cochrane, Ont., a small town northeast of Timmins, said the bear approached without warning.

"Out of nowhere, this bear came just charging," Azougar told CTV Northern Ontario. "(My) German shepherd jumped on him and they started wrestling so I go back in my house and start making a few phone calls and making noises and things like that so he would disappear."


4: Man attacked by bear in northern Ontario
Joe Azougar recovers in hospital after being attacked by a bear outside his Cochrane, Ont. home, Saturday, May 12, 2013.

But despite Azougar’s efforts, the bear did not leave and ended up chasing him about 40 metres to a nearby road. Azougar said the bear dragged him by the head into the bushes.

"Literally from my head, the skin that's hanging off, he had it in his mouth and he's dragging me," he said. "I knew I was going to die that minute. That was the end of me. That’s it."

5: by Dale Boyd - Penticton Western News

posted Aug 10, 2015 at 5:00 PM— updated Aug 11, 2015 at 4:22 PM


A woman suffered a broken arm after surviving an attack by a black bear in Willowbrook with some help from her canine companion.

The woman was walking her dog on Aug. 5 in a community park when a 160-pound black bear attacked her from behind unprovoked.

The woman suffered a broken arm, severe lacerations from a bite to the arm as well as scratches on her back and face.

Her small dog saved the day ,according to Sgt. Jim Beck with the South Okanagan zone of the Conservation Officer Service.

“The little dog that she was walking, it’s only 20-25 pounds soaking wet, came back to intervene and did its best to bite at the bear and actually he was successful in redirecting the bear to it,” Beck said. “The bear chased after the dog and she was at that time, able to recover from the injury, stand up and get out of there.”

The woman was able to make her way to help and was taken to the hospital.

“The dog actually beat her home,” Beck said.

Afterwards, conservation officers set out on a multi-day search to find the bear, based on the victim’s description, and set up traps.

“It turned out to be a single, all-black black bear. Even the muzzle was described as being all black, which isn’t super normal, usually they have a bit of a brown muzzle,” Beck said.

Crews searched for the bear on Aug. 5 and saw a bear that fit the description just before dark, but weren’t able to capture or kill it. Conservation officers continued the search the next day and checked the traps. A bear matching the description was located close to the attack site. The bear was shot and killed by officers.

The search continued to determine if there was another bear with a similar description in the area with no results.

“We’re pretty confident we got the right bear,” Beck said.

The mature black bear is an estimated 160 lbs, and didn’t show signs of any injuries or illness



6: By Mark Oswald / Journal Staff Writer


Published: Saturday, September 12th, 2015 at 12:05am

Updated: Saturday, September 12th, 2015 at 10:21pm

July 28th 2015
A bear has been killed after attacking a woman.

It happened Friday afternoon at Watabeag Lake, near Matheson. The 60 year old was walking with a friend, when the bear attacked.

She was sent to hospital to be treated, and has since been released. Police found the bear in the area after the attack, when it showed aggressiveness towards the officers. Police were forced to put it down, citing officer safety.

In the Northeast we are closer to larger wildlife like Moose and Bears, even sometimes wandering into town.


7:Aug 14th 2015

A Grandview Bench resident is shaken but unhurt after he fought off a bear attack with his walking stick in the Larch Hills area.

Gary Wilkinson is warning fellow hikers to stay out of the South Loop of the Larch Hills trail system after the incident which took place at approximately 8 a.m. this (Friday) morning.

"Stay off Skyview and the South Loop for sure," he said "This is a very aggressive male bear. He was not afraid, he even stalked me."

As is his usual custom, Wilkinson was taking a morning walk with Neara, his yellow Labrador retriever, when he noticed a black bear. Bears are common in the area and usually do not bother people, so Wilkinson continued on his way.

But as Neara snuffled through the bush, suddenly the bear popped out of the bushes right beside him.

"He was right there, it was obvious he had followed me," said the still shaken man.

"My dog saw the bear and put the run on him, the bear grabbed a hold of her and pinned her down. She yelped but was able to get out of the hold and took off. That's when the bear came towards me."

Wilkinson frantically called his home on his cell phone, but the bear was so close, he says much of the call was just sounds of him screaming at the bear to get away.

"It was not backing down, and he was right there," he said, "So I clumped him over the snout with my walking stick."

The bear stood still for a moment, but made no indications it was going to leave, so Wilkinson hit him again.

"I broke my walking stick right over his snout," he says.

Finally the bear backed away into the bush.

Wilkinson continued to call his wife, but as he attempted to walk to the parking lot, he was going in and out of cell range.

"Oh, was my adrenalin going. I was so shaken. When I was on Devil's Lunge I saw a big black stump and I thought it was the bear. My heart stopped because I knew my stick was broken. I nearly died right there until I realized what it really was."

By the time he arrived at his parked truck, a contingent of RCMP officers were on scene and BC Conservation officers were arriving.

Conservation officers interviewed Wilkinson this (Friday) morning and took photos of the broken walking stick with bear hairs caught in the wood.

The police rode an ATV through the area, but did not see any signs of the animal. Conservation officers have since posted signs warning people of the aggressive animal.

Wilkinson says conservation officers had no plans to try and trap the bear, as there are many bears in the area and no guarantee a trap would capture the right animal.

"My dog's a little roughed up, but we're OK, thankfully. The best thing to do is stay away

If there is an immediate problem involving a bear either in the community or in a situation like above you’re asked to call 911 immediately.

For non-emergency encounters or for other bear and wildlife related problems you can call the M-N-R at 1-866-514-2327.



8: SANTA FE – For the second time this week, a black bear has attacked and injured someone in northern New Mexico, this time an elk hunter who had staked out a watering hole west of Wagon Mound.

The 60-year-old Missouri man licensed for an archery hunt was treed Thursday by a mother bear that showed up with a cub.

He received bites to his foot through his boot when the bear climbed up after him, despite the hunter first firing a warning shot with a pistol to try to scare the animal away and then four shots at the bear, according to state Game and Fish Department game warden Clint Henson.

The man had climbed down from a tree stand to eat lunch when the bears came to the watering hole. He took photographs and video of the bears before the attack, and said he had seen five other bears that morning.

At some point during the encounter, Henson said, the hunter fell 15 feet from the tree but was able to climb back up.

Increasing opportunity to hunt these rural/urban bears would help decrease some of the conflict.Black bears are no better than coyotes. They take the path of least resistance for food and once they have experienced the campground and urban terrorizing they are hooked and their behavior isn't going to change. The liberal media and animal rights groups sway the average public to protect these bears and the Politically Correct Fish and Game depts don't want to do anything pro-active to curb the problem thus the wait till there's a problem and call this number approach. For now I guess there is some really good dumb bear hunting to be had right on that fuzzy edge of urbanville.
Scott

The Anti's have done a great job in making all large predators all most mythical and sacred.

They have pushed the idea that their lives are more important then human lives.

That humans are always the cause of their attacks on humans that they have no blame.

That humans should not kill them in a defensive situation because the human was wrong to be there.

This idea falls in line with the anti's agenda against firearms and hunting.

If their is no need to hunt or defend ones self their is less of a need to own guns.

If spray works better, there is no need to have guns.

Before the endangered species act problem animals were dealt with in a quick and decisive manner.

Now with all the protection they have been given along with the idea that the animals are never the problem.

The problem ones continue to be a problem until bad things happen.