https://abcnews.go.com/US/man-...0protect%20its%20cub.

A man was mauled by a black bear while walking his dog in a wooded area, marking the second attack in Anchorage, Alaska, in one week, according to local police.

Officials responded to a call about a bear attack at approximately 9:10 a.m. on Saturday at the Barbara Falls Trailhead, Anchorage Police Department said in a statement sent to ABC News.

Another person on the trail -- who did not see the attack -- found the victim, according to officials. He sustained injuries to his arm, they noted.

The victim, who deployed bear spray, sustained injuries to his arm, according to the Anchorage Police Department

This protective attack occurred on a trail in Eagle River 20 minutes from Anchorage, though ER is technically part of the Municipality of Anchorage.

Our salmon return this year is off the charts. I would not hike anywhere near a river like Campbell Creek, right behind my house, at present.

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This protective attack

How do you what the bear was thinking.

what was the bear in danger from.

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Originally posted by p dog shooter:

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This protective attack

How do you what the bear was thinking.

what was the bear in danger from.

Proximity

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The man was walking his dog along the trail when a " black bear and her cub came out of the wooded area," according to police.

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Proximity

Also makes the bear dangerous to the man and dog.

Proven by the fact that the bear attacked the man not vice versa.

The bear proved it was more dangerous to the man by attacking him.

The bear could have easily left and no harm would have came to it.

If one believes that a bear is justified in attacking a man because he is close.

Then a man is just as justified, in protecting himself from a bear that is close.

Looking at the recent AR National Park homicides, and the black bear killing of a cabin owner near Prescott, AZ two years ago: it is a toss up; as to dangerous psychotic humans or irritated bears.

If bear spray is only a maybe, and ill-advised if the wind and bear are coming from the same direction:
Sam Colt may have had the right answer a century ago, as did Browning and Oliver Winchester.