A Florida woman is recovering after being attacked by a bear who ambled into her open garage and sifted through her garbage cans in search of food, sheriff's deputies said Sunday. The woman said as many as five bears "of various sizes" were rooting through her trash when she walked into the garage, Seminole County Sheriff's Pete Brenenstuhl said. A black bear "dragged her from inside the garage out into her driveway," leaving her with scrapes and cuts to her face and legs, Brenenstuhl said.
The woman escaped and ran back into her home, where her husband called 911, he said. She was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment.
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission spokesman Greg Workman said initial reports that several bears had attacked the woman were wrong. "There were several bears observed near the area, but one bear is responsible for her injuries."
Okay so first of all, how scary is it that giant black bears can just come into your home, garage, neighborhood, etc just like that. Then again, there's not a lot of garage doors out there built to stop a full sized black bear. I mean the woman wasn't seriously injured and the residents of the area were warned earlier that day to be cautious of this exact scenario. This is just another example of wildlife having to adapt to civilizations in places that were their natural habitats for centuries.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/black-bear-mauls-florida-woman-drags-garage/story?id=23309124
The woman escaped and ran back into her home, where her husband called 911, he said. She was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment.
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission spokesman Greg Workman said initial reports that several bears had attacked the woman were wrong. "There were several bears observed near the area, but one bear is responsible for her injuries."
Okay so first of all, how scary is it that giant black bears can just come into your home, garage, neighborhood, etc just like that. Then again, there's not a lot of garage doors out there built to stop a full sized black bear. I mean the woman wasn't seriously injured and the residents of the area were warned earlier that day to be cautious of this exact scenario. This is just another example of wildlife having to adapt to civilizations in places that were their natural habitats for centuries.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/black-bear-mauls-florida-woman-drags-garage/story?id=23309124
That is really scary! I agree with your comment about it being a way that wildlife has had to adapt to humans. I am glad she isn't seriously injured.
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