7-year-old child survives rare stroke
A bear attacked a little boy on Tuesday morning in the garden of a house in New York State. The neighborhood does not hide its concern.
PostedAugust 23, 2023, 5:33 PM
The animal stayed close to the family after the attack.
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The small town of Bedford (New York) is slowly recovering from its emotions after an extremely rare incident that occurred Tuesday morning in the garden of a house. A 7-year-old child was playing with his sibling when a bear attacked him. The little one’s parents quickly intervened and gave him first aid, despite the threatening presence of the plantigrade. “It’s extremely brave. That’s what good parents do,” said North Castle Police Chief Peter Simonsen.
The young boy was taken to hospital, where he was treated for non-life-threatening injuries. The other child present at the time of the tragedy was not injured. When law enforcement arrived on the scene, the bear walked towards them and was shot. “What worries us is that he has not retreated. This is the first incident of its kind that I have dealt with in the region,” explains the police chief. Authorities don’t know why the adolescent bear attacked. But plantigrades can be aggressive if they seek to protect their young, their food or their territory.
“They are fierce, it’s in their nature. That’s how bears are,” says Peter Simonsen. It took four men to move the body of the animal, which is to be tested for rabies, writes news 12. “It’s crazy. I’m always outside and there are a lot of forests, so to think that it could happen to anyone, it’s insane, ”says a worried neighbor. “I’ve lived here for 13 years and I’ve never seen a bear, so I don’t take precautions. Maybe I should, ”says another resident.
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