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USA, Wales, Alaska — Myomick was attacked and killed by a polar bear in the small village of Wales, Alaska. The attack happened at 2:30 pm. The polar bear had chased several residents of the community, before it killed the woman and her 1-year-old son. The bear was shot and killed by a local resident as it attacked the pair. [46] [47]
It marked the first fatal polar bear attack in 30 years in Alaska, the only U.S. state that is home to the animals. In 2018, a 31-year-old father was killed in a polar bear attack while protecting ...
There are an estimated 17,000 polar bears across Canada; of the world’s total estimated population of 26,000. A polar bear and a cub search for scraps in a large pile of bowhead whale bones (AP)
A man has been seriously injured after trying to prevent a polar bear from attacking his wife in northern Ontario, Canada. On Tuesday, Dec. 3, before 5 a.m. local time, an adult male and an adult ...
The earliest recorded account of a polar bear attack was written in 1595. It described a predatory attack on two people from Willem Barentsz's crew in the Russian Arctic. Between 1870 and 2014, out of 73 recorded polar bear attacks there were 20 human fatalities and 69 injuries.
During the attack, a neighbor with a gun arrived at the scene to rescue the couple, and shot the bear multiple times. Wounded and staggering, the bear made its way to a nearby wooded area.
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[2] 17-year-old Horatio Chapple, a former pupil of Eton College, was killed in the attack. [3] Four others were hurt, three seriously, and all were flown to Tromsø on mainland Norway for treatment. [4] The bear was shot dead by one of the expedition's leaders, Michael "Spike" Reid, who himself suffered severe head and facial injuries. [5]