Man severely injured protecting wife from polar bear attack

A person suffered extreme accidents early Tuesday after being attacked by a polar bear in Canada, in accordance with police.

“The person who leapt onto a polar bear to guard his spouse from being mauled is recovering from critical accidents to his arm and legs however is anticipated to get better,” stated a press release posted to social media by the Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service.

The incident occurred in Fort Severn First Nation. The small, far-North Ontario neighborhood is close to the Hudson Bay. 

The couple was out at 5 a.m. trying to find their canine after they encountered a bear of their driveway. The bear then lunged on the lady, in accordance with the assertion.

“The lady slipped to floor as her husband leapt onto the animal to forestall its assault. The bear then attacked the male, inflicting critical however non-life-threatening accidents to his arm and legs,” police stated.

In the course of the assault, a neighbor with a gun arrived on the scene to rescue the couple, and shot the bear a number of instances.

Wounded and staggering, the bear made its solution to a close-by wooded space. Police later confirmed that the bear succumbed to its accidents.

Police stated officers maintained their patrols within the space to make sure there have been no further bears within the neighborhood.

Alysa McCall, director of conservation outreach and a employees scientist at Polar Bear Worldwide, informed CBS Information accomplice CBC that polar bears hardly ever assault people. When an assault happens, the bear is usually hungry, younger and unwell.

“A wholesome polar bear that is out on the ocean ice just isn’t going to have loads of incentive to assault a human being,” stated McCall to CBC Information.

McCall informed the CBC that local weather change results in temperature fluctuations within the ocean, which subsequently impacts how far bears can enterprise inland all year long.

“If you happen to’re attacked by a polar bear, undoubtedly don’t play lifeless — that could be a fantasy,” she informed the CBC. “Combat so long as you possibly can.”