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Lorna Weafer, bear attack victim, aspired to be a psychologist ( Canada )
CBC News ^ | May 09, 2014

Posted on 09/16/2014 10:38:26 AM PDT by george76

Lorna Weafer, the 36-year-old Suncor instrument technician who was mauled and killed by a black bear ... Weafer was on her way back to work from a washroom when she was attacked by a large, male black bear while working at a Suncor oilsands site north of Fort McMurray, Alta., around 2 p.m. on Wednesday. She was declared dead on the scene.

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Mike Ewald, an investigator with Alberta Fish and Wildlife, said Weafer’s co-workers tried to scare the bear off using fire extinguishers, a water cannon and air horn — “all general things that should scare it off,” Ewald noted.

Employees told him the bear would shy off for a bit, but kept coming back, eventually killing the woman.

“This bear was very determined,” Ewald said, adding that the attack lasted about an hour.

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The last fatal black bear mauling in Alberta was somewhere around 1991 in Slave Lake.”

In that incident, as 12-year-old boy was killed at a campground. Prior to that, in 1980, two oil rig workers were killed by a black bear near Zama Lake, Alta.

Attacks by grizzly bears are more common,

(Excerpt) Read more at cbc.ca ...


TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: animalrights; ar; bearattack; bearattacks; bears; blackbear; blackbearmauling; blackbears; canada; gunfreezone; hunting; mountainlions
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To: george76

Thanks for the ping!


61 posted on 09/16/2014 1:50:25 PM PDT by TEXOKIE (We must surrender only to our Holy God and never to the evil that has befallen us.)
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To: Pollster1

G.U.N. LOL!


62 posted on 09/16/2014 1:53:20 PM PDT by TEXOKIE (We must surrender only to our Holy God and never to the evil that has befallen us.)
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To: Baynative

Not Guilty: She’s brown...I’m down.


63 posted on 09/16/2014 2:26:49 PM PDT by Married with Children
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

LOL

Are you still shooting wildlife pics?

Haven’t seen your pings lately.


64 posted on 09/16/2014 3:04:35 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: moovova

LOL LOL LOL!!!


65 posted on 09/16/2014 3:07:30 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: george76

Poor woman. Was she menstruating at the time? I understand a bears keen sense of smell can detect this.


66 posted on 09/16/2014 3:14:21 PM PDT by jmacusa (Liberalism defined: When mom and dad go away for the weekend and the kids are in charge.)
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To: LoneRangerMassachusetts
Well it said she was working at an some kind of oil producing facility. Maybe they meant ''old factory''. :-)
67 posted on 09/16/2014 3:18:26 PM PDT by jmacusa (Liberalism defined: When mom and dad go away for the weekend and the kids are in charge.)
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To: webheart

Jump in your pick up truck and run the damned thing over.


68 posted on 09/16/2014 3:20:06 PM PDT by jmacusa (Liberalism defined: When mom and dad go away for the weekend and the kids are in charge.)
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To: LoneRangerMassachusetts

This is why should never trust auto correct. LOL. Olfactory.


69 posted on 09/16/2014 4:17:53 PM PDT by rickomatic
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To: george76

Dreadful. RIP.


70 posted on 09/16/2014 11:30:07 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: Hieronymus
Restrictions on handguns are fairly severe

Well obviously no one in this incident had a firearm of any sort.

71 posted on 09/17/2014 7:00:15 AM PDT by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
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To: Bulwyf
the problem is these companies won’t let us bring them to work.

A lot of that here too, but with small handguns in your vehicle, who's to know?

72 posted on 09/17/2014 7:01:31 AM PDT by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
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To: Ditter
I hope the company has their a** sued off. It’s bear country for God’s sake!

Even the anti-gun company that I work for allows firearms on the job in Alaska because of the wildlife. I think they probably should allow them on the job in FL too, but I guess alligators and pythons don't eat as many people as bears.

73 posted on 09/17/2014 7:05:01 AM PDT by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
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To: from occupied ga

Until you use it. Then the police and everyone else will charge you for using a restricted firearm. It’s beyond retarded up here.


74 posted on 09/17/2014 11:07:00 AM PDT by Bulwyf
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To: Bulwyf
Then the police and everyone else will charge you for using a restricted firearm.

I was thinking of what goes on here. I guess you are completely screwed in Canada. ALTHOUGH if given the choice I would rather be charged by the police than eaten by a bear.

75 posted on 09/17/2014 11:19:56 AM PDT by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
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To: from occupied ga

My preference too, I will take life over being a meal. That also goes for those around me. I will do what is right and deal with the consequences after.


76 posted on 09/17/2014 11:25:18 AM PDT by Bulwyf
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To: Bulwyf
Apparently being eaten by bears is not as rare as the anti-gunners would have you think. Read this
77 posted on 09/17/2014 11:39:11 AM PDT by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
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