Alaska Wildlife Troopers

A woman in Alaska was mauled by a brown bear on her front deck while letting her dogs out, requiring helicopter transport to a hospital. She fired a shotgun to scare the bear and its cubs away but was seriously injured. Another woman in the home helped drive the bears off and assisted the victim indoors.

A woman in Alaska was mauled by a brown bear on her front deck while letting her dogs out, requiring helicopter transport to a hospital for serious injuries. The bear attacked despite the woman firing a shotgun, and bird feeders in her yard were identified as a potential attractant.

A woman in Alaska was mauled by a brown bear on her front deck while letting her dogs out, resulting in serious injuries requiring helicopter transport to an Anchorage hospital. The bear, accompanied by two cubs, had accessed bird feeders in her yard before the attack. Another woman in the house helped scare the bears away and assisted the injured woman indoors.