A bear charged through a Wisconsin house window. A couple stabbed it with a kitchen knife and shot it as their kids slept.

A Wisconsin couple say they killed a bear that attacked them inside their residence after they noticed it consuming from their chicken feeder.

The Taylor County Sheriff’s Workplace mentioned the assault occurred round 11 p.m. Friday at a house close to Medford in north-central Wisconsin. The couple advised authorities {that a} black bear charged via a window after they yelled at it to go away, the workplace mentioned.

Each the husband and spouse have been injured earlier than they have been in a position to stab the bear with a kitchen knife. Finally, the person was in a position to seize a firearm and kill the animal.

The person and lady have been handled at a hospital for a number of bites and different accidents earlier than being launched.

The couple’s youngsters have been asleep of their bedrooms on the time and weren’t injured.

The sheriff’s workplace mentioned the bear was an grownup feminine, and one cub was seen operating off because the bear ran towards the house.  The Wisconsin Division of Pure Assets (DNR) took the bear for testing.

Final month, state wildlife officers requested the general public to report any black bear den places they discover throughout Wisconsin to assist a brand new analysis research.

Wisconsin’s black bear inhabitants is “significantly increased” than it was three a long time years in the past, in accordance with the company. The state’s bear inhabitants was estimated to be about 9,000 bears in 1989, whereas the latest information signifies the bear inhabitants is at present estimated to be greater than 24,000 bears.