Vermont
Vermont game wardens investigating bear attack; victim OK
STRATTON, Vt. (AP) — Sport wardens are investigating a bear assault within the southern Vermont city of Stratton, the Division of Fish and Wildlife stated Thursday.
Wardens stated the sufferer was handled for non-life-threatening accidents after the Wednesday night assault and discharged from Southwestern Vermont Medical Middle in Bennington. Officers didn’t describe the circumstances of the assault, however stated extra info could be made public because it turns into out there.
Vermont wildlife officers stated earlier this yr that the state was seeing a file variety of dangerous encounters between human and bears.
In August, a Vermont girl was attacked by a black bear whereas strolling her canine close to her dwelling within the Orange County city of Strafford. In that case, the lady’s canine was credited with scaring the bear away. The sufferer was not severely harm.