A 36 -year -old runner was attacked by a bear on Tuesday, August 26 when he was still close to his home in Kenai, ready to embark on his morning trot. The Local Police, cited by ABC News, explained that “he had left his residence at 5.45 am”, before crossing the road to the wild animal.
He is a neighbor, alerted for the first time by the barking of a dog, who found the year of 30 years, wounded on the scalp, reports the local news of Alaska. Conscious and capable of expressing himself despite the shock, the woman, dragged more than one hundred meters by the animal, went by helicopter to the Anchorage Hospital, south of Alaska’s state.
In 17 years, ten fatal attacks were identified
It is sought, the bear has not been identified. “We look in the area on foot and with a drone, but the bear was not located,” the authorities communicated, who ask the inhabitants to increase their surveillance against the Ursidae. In addition, it is advisable to use only a headset outside to “listen to the environment.”
Last July, already, a sixty had been attacked by a bear. But CNN wants to be reassuring, the human is rarely taken to the task by this wild animal, which can reach a maximum speed of 55 km/h.
According to US media, citing figures from the state of Alaska, ten fatal attacks and 68 hospitalizations linked to injuries caused by the bear took place between 2000 and 2017. Alaska has a large community of brown and black bear. Almost 130,000 if we trust the figures of the Ministry of Fisheries and Hunting.
Source: BFM TV
