Posted on 08/09/2021 4:49:18 AM PDT by marktwain
With the 31 July fatal attack by a black bear near Swan Hills in Alberta, Canada, 2021 has tied the record for the number of fatal bear attacks in one year. From ctvnews.ca:
EDMONTON — Mounties say a female tree planter was mauled to death by a bear in northern Alberta.
RCMP told CTV News they received a call just after 3 p.m. on July 31 regarding an attack in a rural area northwest of Swan Hills.
The 26-year-old woman was planting trees in the remote spot when she was attacked by what witnesses described to police as a black bear.
The attack appears to have been a predatory attack. Predatory attacks are the most easily defeated with handguns as there is often plenty of time to deploy a handgun at close range.
On 6 July, Leah Davis Lokan was attacked and killed by a grizzly bear in an unprovoked attack in her tent, in the town of Ovando, Montana. From spokesman.com:
The grizzly was killed near a chicken coop about 2 miles from the campsite where Leah Davis Lokan, 65, was attacked in her tent at a popular long-distance bicycle campsite in the small ranching community 50 miles west of Missoula along Highway 200. Lokan was from Chico, California, but used to work as a nurse in Sandpoint.
On 25 May 2021, an unnamed woman was attacked and killed by a grizzly bear on her property near Water Valley, Alberta. From 660citynews.com:
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“Lokan was from Chico, California..”
Tree hugger? And just try and get government permission to carry a handgun in Canada!
Tied the record and we still have 5 months to go.
Not good.
Supposedly she had a can of bear spray.
There are mixed reports on whether it was used or not.
Leah Lokan was killed in Ovando, Montana.
Don’t bother packing that .380. You’ll just piss em off. Save that for the likes of antifa.
Bears need better PR.
If a shark bites a swimmer on the toe, it’s international news.
If a bear kills a hiker it’s back page filler..................
Hello .
These lefty idiots are sending young woman having periods into Bear country alone.
These morons are beyond stupid .
Kinda like the explosion of seals and Great White Sharks off Cape Cod.
RCMP told CTV News they received a call just after 3 p.m. on July 31 regarding an attack in a rural area northwest of Swan Hills
Spokesperson.
I suppose that makes you the bear of bad news.
Too many bears. The herd needs culling.
Don’t tell me they’re attracted to the vaccine...
Bears kill people to assure that covid will not escape into the wild
All predator attacks are on the rise.
I have seen more turkey vultures and foxes in the past 2 years than I have seen in all the rest of my 64 years combined.
Ditto here; there are foxes running around our neighborhood.
over the past 3 years they’ve gotten over 50 of my chickens
I was at the verge of giving it up
traps work well on fox
Must be climate change. The pampered Teddy Bears are getting nasty.
We are starting to see a lot of black vultures in Texas. I have never noticed them before. They can’t smell but have a better beak for opening a carcass than the turkey vultures so they work together.
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