ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Two more Alaskans were mauled by bears over the weekend, bringing the number of bear attacks in the state to four in less than a week, including two fatalities. Alaska wildlife officials say they don’t know why there have been so many attacks in such a short time. On Saturday, two people were injured in separate brown bear attacks, one on military land in Anchorage and the other near the community of Hope south of Anchorage. Two other people were killed last week in separate black bear attacks believed to be predatory in nature. The last fatal bear attack in the greater Anchorage area was in 1995, when two people were killed in the Turnagain Arm area by a brown bear protecting a moose carcass.

Source: National Post June 26, 2017 22:07 UTC