A person who jumped onto a polar bear to guard his spouse from being mauled in Canada is recovering from severe accidents, native officers mentioned this week.
Nishnawbe Aski Police Service officers responded to a house in a residential space of Ontario after studies of gunfire and, on the scene, mentioned they found a lifeless polar bear.
Before officers arrived, the division introduced in a information launch, police had obtained studies of a attainable bear sighting in the identical space.
Arriving officers realized a husband and spouse on the handle left their house at 5 a.m. to search for their canines.
Husband jumped onto polar bear, neighbor shot animal a number of occasions
While within the driveway of their house, a polar bear lunged on the spouse, the discharge mentioned.
“The lady slipped to floor as her husband leapt onto the animal to forestall its assault,” officers wrote within the launch.
The bear then attacked the husband, police mentioned, inflicting severe however non-life-threatening accidents to his arm and legs.
During the assault, police reported, a neighbor arrived with a firearm and shot the bear a number of occasions. The bear retreated to a wooded space, the place it died from its accidents.
The husband, police reported, was taken to a neighborhood medical middle. He was anticipated to recuperate, police reported.
After the assault, police mentioned, officers patrolled the realm across the house to verify no different polar bears had been close by.
Natalie Neysa Alund is a senior reporter for USA TODAY. Reach her at nalund@usatoday.com and observe her on X @nataliealund.
