A Maine woman successfully saved her dog by punching a bear on Friday afternoon. The 64-year-old resident of Porter, Maine, battled a bear “head on” after it chased her dog out of the woods, according to the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, as reported by NBC News. According to wildlife authorities, “When the bear stood up, she stood up as tall as she could, then punched the bear in the nose, whereupon the bear bit her in the right hand, puncturing her wrist.”AdvertisementThe bear released the woman, then quickly fled back to the woods. A black bear is seen at the Maine Wildlife Park in New Gloucester in 2014. On Saturday, a Connecticut man was hospitalized after getting between a bear and his dog at his Litchfield, Connecticut, home.

Source: Huffington Post July 02, 2023 21:16 UTC