Black bear attacks Washington state woman who was letting dog out for a walk, officials say

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The adult female bear charged at the woman early Saturday morning in Leavenworth, Washington, leaving her hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries.

The tense confrontation between the 12-year-old schnauzer named Liebs and a black bear happened at a home in Duluth, Minnesota.A black bear attacked a woman in Washington state Saturday near a downtown park as she was letting her dog out of her home, officials said.

The adult female bear charged at the woman early Saturday morning in Leavenworth, Washington, leaving her hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife The property where the woman was attacked is adjacent to Enchantment Park, a park near downtown Leavenworth with ball fields and walking trails.according to the Chelan County Sheriff's Office

, which was the first to respond to the scene. The sheriff's office called in state wildlife officials, who used a Karelian bear dog to track down the bear near the scene of the attack. The bear, a sow, was later euthanized. Its two nine-month old cubs were captured and taken to a wildlife rehabilitation facility, state officials said.

The attack marked the 20th bear attack that resulted in human injury since 1970, according to state wildlife officials. The only recorded human death from a black bear attack in the state happened in 1974, officials said.

 

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