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Dog Killed by Bear, Owners Are Injured

Bulldog was killed at camp in Northern California

(Newser) - A Northern California couple is recuperating from injuries they received in a bear attack—and mourning their dog. Jeff and Mallory Wilson, who run the off-grid Radio Ranch Camp in rural Trinity County, were injured in the attack on Sept. 19, reports the San Francisco Chronicle . The couple says Jeff...

NHL Player's Father Killed by Bear
NHL Player's Father
Killed by Bear
Sep 25, 2026 4:00 AM CDT

NHL Player's Father Killed by Bear

Pittsburgh Penguins forward Andrei Kuzmenko is taking a leave of absence

(Newser) - Andrei Kuzmenko is stepping away from the Pittsburgh Penguins after his father, a well-known hockey coach in Russia, was killed by a bear while on a fishing trip in Siberia. Russian outlet REN TV reports Alexander Kuzmenko, 62, died Wednesday after the attack in the Tuva Republic, near Russia's...

Sleeping Teen, Camper Hurt in Colo. Bear Encounters

Officials blame drought, scarce food for unprecedented incidents involving humans

(Newser) - Colorado wildlife officials say a bad year for bears just intensified. In the first of two separate incidents just days apart, a black bear bit a woman on Friday through her tent at a southwest Colorado campground in Rio Grande National Forest, near South Fork, report the Guardian and ABC...

For Rockies' Bears, Cruel Summer Sends Them on Prowl

Human confrontations are up as hungry ursines descend into populated areas on the hunt for food

(Newser) - Patrick Sullivan was sure it was a "crazy neighbor" honking a car horn nonstop while Sullivan was up feeding his infant son at 3am one night this summer. It was a neighbor all right, but not a human one. A black bear had opened the door of a Toyota...

Amid Bear Attacks, Japan's Massive Cull May Go Too Far

Conservationists warn cull that has killed at least 14K bears risks regional extinctions

(Newser) - Japan's bid to make people safer from bears has put the animals at risk on an unprecedented scale. After a record year of attacks in 2024—more than 230 people injured and 13 killed—the government loosened shooting rules and, between April 2025 and January 2026, more than 14,...

Man Hurt in Surprise Bear Run-In at Apartment Complex

Drought, scarce food is driving more bears into Colorado neighborhoods

(Newser) - A routine trip to the laundry room turned into a run-in with a bear in Colorado. Wildlife officials say a man in the Eagle-Vail area, about 100 miles west of Denver, was scratched on the arm by a female black bear as he exited an apartment complex's laundry room...

She Was Running Alone When the Bear Attacked

Alaska woman uses bear spray to escape with injuries

(Newser) - An Alaska runner managed to stop a charging brown bear after it mauled her on a popular Anchorage trail. State wildlife officials say the woman was alone on the Wolverine Bowl Trail near the Prospect Heights trailhead Thursday when the bear attacked; she used bear spray to get the animal...

Mounties Shoot Wrong Bear After Toddler Mauled in BC

'The RCMP definitely aren't bear experts'

(Newser) - Authorities in British Columbia are still hunting a black bear that mauled a 3-year-old girl in Maple Ridge, after confirming the bear shot by the Mounties that day was the wrong one. The child was playing on her family's back deck in the city east of Vancouver Sunday when...

Solo Hike at Night in Glacier Turned Into 'Nightmare Scenario'

Officials say Florida man, 33, died in rare bear attack in Montana park

(Newser) - A hiker's fatal run-in with a grizzly in Glacier National Park appears to have been a brief, surprise clash in the dark with a bear that had never before caused trouble for humans, federal wildlife officials say. The May 6 death of 33-year-old Anthony Pollio, of Davie, Florida, is...

Area That Rarely Sees Fatal Bear Attacks Logs 2 More

Authorities say Jay and Deb MacDonald were killed near their remote McTavish Lake cabin

(Newser) - A retired Saskatchewan couple spending time at their beloved northern cabin were killed by a black bear. Authorities say Jay and Deb MacDonald died in mid-July at McTavish Lake, a remote fly-in spot about 90 miles north of La Ronge that their family described as "sacred" to them. The...

Tokyo May End 18-Year Ban on Bear Hunts
Tokyo Has a Bear Problem
Jul 8, 2026 1:00 PM CDT

Tokyo Has a Bear Problem

City may lift 18-year ban on hunting

(Newser) - You probably won't find one making its way across Shibuya Crossing or shopping in the Ginza district, but Tokyo has a bear problem and officials may soon let hunters target them for the first time in nearly two decades. Citing a surge in bear sightings and encounters on the...

Alaska Black Bear Picked the Wrong Dog to Attack

Lori Price was packing heat on her mushroom hunt, and Chaos the dog survives the mauling

(Newser) - A mushroom hunt on Alaska's Kenai Peninsula turned into a gunfire-laced standoff between a woman, her dog, and a black bear. Lori Price was walking near Skilak Lake on June 7 with her two dogs, Chaos and Willis, when she heard a roar and realized a bear had reached...

Teen Hiker Meets Black Bear's Claws
Teen Hiker Meets
Black Bear's Claws
Jun 17, 2026 8:50 AM CDT

Teen Hiker Meets Black Bear's Claws

Washington state boy suffers minor scratches in trail encounter

(Newser) - A teen hiking on a popular Washington state mountain trail got quite a scare Tuesday afternoon when a black bear charged and clawed him, officials say. The boy, one of three people hiking Mount Si about 35 miles from Seattle, was scratched when the bear "swiped" at him roughly 2....

After Bear Injures Couple, They Hurt It Right Back

Black bear euthanized after confrontation in Mammoth Lakes, California

(Newser) - A pre-dawn clash between pets and wildlife in Mammoth Lakes ended with a husband and wife hurt and a young black bear dead. Police say the encounter began around 6am Monday when a woman rushed outside after hearing her dogs barking and saw a 17-month-old, 70-pound bear fighting with one...

Hiker Survives Grizzly Attack With 'Dangling' Hand

San Diego's Daniel Crago raising funds for treatment after mauling in Glacier National Park

(Newser) - A California hiker who survived a grizzly bear attack in Glacier National Park says he knows he's lucky. San Diego's Daniel Crago was finishing a week of hiking on Montana's Grinnell Glacier Trail on May 28 when he spotted a bear cub off the path—then realized a much...

Bear Goes on a Rampage in Fukushima

4 people injured in a residential area of Japan as the annual number of attacks rises

(Newser) - A bear injured four people in a Japanese residential area on Tuesday in the latest case of an attack in an area of the country where bears have increasingly encroached on the human population in recent years. Japan's Environment Ministry said 13 people were killed in more than 230...

Mother Bear, Cub Kill Hiker in Rare Attack

Bulgarian hiker found mauled to death in first such attack near Sofia since 2010

(Newser) - A hike outside Bulgaria's capital ended in a fatal encounter with a mother bear and her cub, officials said Monday. The body of a 35-year-old man was discovered Saturday in Vitosha Nature Park, a popular mountain area about a half-hour from Sofia, reports CBS News . "The findings of...

Bear Kills Worker at Remote Uranium Exploration Camp

It's the fourth recorded fatal bear attack in Saskatchewan

(Newser) - A 27-year-old man who'd taken contract work at a remote uranium exploration camp in northern Saskatchewan was fatally mauled by a black bear Friday evening, in what experts call an exceptionally rare type of attack for the province. The worker, who came to Canada from India three years ago,...

To Combat Bears, Japan Sends in the 'Monster Wolf'

Record bear attacks result in a rush for $4K animatronic deterrents

(Newser) - Japan's bear problem has turned into a business boom for one Hokkaido manufacturer of robotic "wolves." As CBS News reports, Ohta Seiki says demand for its "Monster Wolf" scarecrows—wolf-shaped robots with glowing red eyes and chilling howls—has surged after Japan logged record bear attacks,...

Days After Hiker Vanished in National Park, Sad News

Search and rescue crews in Glacier National Park locate man's body after suspected bear attack

(Newser) - A dayslong search for a missing hiker in Glacier National Park ended in tragedy on Wednesday with the discovery of his body and signs he was likely killed by a bear. The National Park Service said the man was found around midday about 2.5 miles up the Mount Brown...

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