After he killed the bear, he managed to ask other hunters for help via the walkie-talkie. They managed to stop the bleeding. The hunter was taken to hospital in Toulouse with serious injuries. The bear had taken a bite out of his lower leg, hitting an artery.
The bear was walking in the forest with her cubs. Perhaps she wanted to protect her boy.
more bears
At the end of the last century there were only a few brown bears left in the Pyrenees, after which a reintroduction program has been started. There are now a few dozen. Farmers in the area are not happy about this, saying the bears pose a threat to their livestock. A city official says the attack this weekend is something they have feared for some time. “It is difficult to live with bears,” said the official.
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