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A person is recovering from critical accidents after leaping onto a polar bear to guard his spouse from being mauled by the animal, in line with police in Canada’s Ontario province.
A person and a lady within the city of Fort Severn had left their house earlier than 5 a.m. native time to search for their canines and, whereas within the driveway, “a polar bear lunged on the lady,” Nishnawbe Aski Police Service (NAPS) stated in a information launch Tuesday.
“The lady slipped to (the) floor as her husband leapt onto the animal to forestall its assault. The bear then attacked the male, inflicting critical however non-life-threatening accidents to his arm and legs,” the service added.
The man “is anticipated to recuperate,” police stated.
While the person grappled with the animal, “a neighbour arrived with a firearm and shot the bear a number of instances. The bear retreated to a close-by wooded space the place it died from its accidents,” NAPS stated.
Police officers, who arrived on the scene after receiving reviews of gunfire and a potential bear sighting within the space, “positioned a deceased polar bear,” the service stated, including: “Police continued to patrol the realm to make sure no different bears had been roaming the group.”
While polar bear sightings within the space are frequent, assaults are “uncommon however not exceptional,” a police spokesperson advised CNN affiliate CTV News.
Fort Severn is positioned close to Hudson Bay.
Polar bears across the bay choose to hunt seals whereas out on the ocean ice, however when the ice breaks up, which occurred sooner than standard in southern Hudson Bay this yr, they head inland to seek for meals, Alysa McCall, director of conservation outreach and a employees scientist at Polar Bears International, advised CNN affiliate CBC News on Tuesday.
At the time of the assault, “possibly this bear was somewhat hungrier than standard,” she added.
McCall stated altering sea patterns on account of local weather change may affect how far inland bears go all year long and really useful locking away waste so as to not appeal to them.
“If you’re attacked by a polar bear, undoubtedly don’t play lifeless — that may be a delusion,” she added. “Fight so long as you possibly can.”
