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Black Bear kills 5 month old
aglore
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http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/08/20/1029114096907.html
August 20 2002
Fallsburg, New York: A bear killed a five-month-old girl in New York state today after knocking her out of a stroller and trying to drag her into the woods, officials said.
The child was in the stroller in front of the porch of a bungalow with members of her family when the bear grabbed the stroller, said Mike Fraser, a state Department of Environmental Conservation spokesman.
Isaac Abraham, a community leader from Williamsburg in Brooklyn, said people desperately tried to save the girl.
"People started chasing the bear, throwing rocks at it," he said.
The girl's father was able to get her away from the bear, and the animal ran away. A short time later, DEC officers and police shot the bear.
Ward Stone, the state's chief pathologist, said it was the first time he could remember a black bear killing a human.
"In all my many years, 34 summers, we've had them eat birdseed, get into trouble eating dog food in people's yards but black bears are just not noted for attacking humans," Stone said.
The attack happened about 120 kms northwest of New York City, in the heart of what is known as the Borscht Belt. Big hotels and bungalows attracted thousands of visitors each summer, many of them Jewish families from New York City. Scattered bungalow colonies still remain.
AP
AlleninAlaska
He who dares not offend cannot be honest.
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August 20 2002
Fallsburg, New York: A bear killed a five-month-old girl in New York state today after knocking her out of a stroller and trying to drag her into the woods, officials said.
The child was in the stroller in front of the porch of a bungalow with members of her family when the bear grabbed the stroller, said Mike Fraser, a state Department of Environmental Conservation spokesman.
Isaac Abraham, a community leader from Williamsburg in Brooklyn, said people desperately tried to save the girl.
"People started chasing the bear, throwing rocks at it," he said.
The girl's father was able to get her away from the bear, and the animal ran away. A short time later, DEC officers and police shot the bear.
Ward Stone, the state's chief pathologist, said it was the first time he could remember a black bear killing a human.
"In all my many years, 34 summers, we've had them eat birdseed, get into trouble eating dog food in people's yards but black bears are just not noted for attacking humans," Stone said.
The attack happened about 120 kms northwest of New York City, in the heart of what is known as the Borscht Belt. Big hotels and bungalows attracted thousands of visitors each summer, many of them Jewish families from New York City. Scattered bungalow colonies still remain.
AP
AlleninAlaska
He who dares not offend cannot be honest.
-- Thomas Paine
Comments
Eric S. Williams
If you will blame gun makers for every shooting then blame car maker for every car accident.
"Save the whalers, they need jobs too."
Such tragedies are bound to occur. Perhaps after this one, public resistance to bear hunting in NJ will lessen and the NJ Conservation Department will be allowed to do its' job.