AK: Man hunting rabbits shoots and kills attacking bear, Alaska troopers say

AK: Man hunting rabbits shoots and kills attacking bear, Alaska troopers say

Man hunting rabbits shoots and kills attacking bear, Alaska troopers say (yahoo.com)

06/12/2021

A man hunting rabbits was injured by a brown bear possibly defending its cubs and was forced to shoot and kill it, Alaska State Troopers reported.

The 34-year-old man reported being attacked near Sterling at 8:24 p.m. Saturday, June 10, troopers said in a dispatch.

He shot and killed the bear with a .44-caliber pistol, troopers said. The man’s injuries were not life-threatening.

Sterling is a community of roughly 6,000 people about 145 miles southwest of Anchorage.

Bear attacks in the U.S. are rare, according to the National Park Service. In most attacks, bears are trying to defend their food, cubs or space.

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