LEAVENWORTH, Wash. – State wildlife authorities killed a black bear over the weekend after it charged and injured a woman in Leavenworth.
The Department of Fish and Wildlife said that the woman had let out her dog at around 7 a.m. Saturday, October 22nd, when an adult female bear charged her.
She suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was treated at a hospital.
Wildlife officers using a Karelian bear dog found and killed the bear later that morning.
They also captured two cubs, about nine months old, and brought them to a wildlife rehabilitation facility.
Since 1970, state authorities have recorded 19 instances where black bears have injured people.