Wounded bear attacks hunter
Published: 31 Aug 09 08:36 CET | Print version
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/21782/20090831/
A hunter in northern Sweden was bitten on the arm on Sunday by an onrushing bear that had already survived two gunshots.
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"I wanted to make sure the bear didn't have any cubs before I shot, but when I fired the first shot the bear came rushing towards me. I managed to fire another shot, but the bear didn't fall," Jonsson told local newspaper Länstidningen.
"A third shot proved necessary too," said Jonsson.
By the time he got off the last shot the bear had managed to get within biting distance. The 194 kilo bear lunged at the hunter before plunging dead to the ground.
"Fortunately it's nothing serious, just a couple of minor scratches from the bear's teeth, nothing too deep. I've been to the doctor and had a tetanus injection," Jonsson told Östersunds-Posten.
The hunter said he was amazed by how quickly everything had happened.
"It was if the bear was running even though it was already dead," he said.
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Is it just for sport or what?
Good luck to the next poor bear, hope it does some serious damage.
"Bear hunting is now conducted to reduce the number of nuisance bears in the northern part of Sweden. The hunter is a local guy trying to make it safer for his kids or grand kids to go Lingon berry picking. It's not "just for fun"
What do you do when people become a nuisance? The bear was only picking berries?
The bear died because a human had the urge to kill and he almost got killed in the process. The bear was defending it's life from a crazy human who was trying to save his children from starving. All for a bunch of berries.
I've eaten moose and deer here but never bear, would love to try it. Send me a message, thanks.
The reason that the world is in the abysmal shape that exists is because of the human population that produces like the eggs of frogs, but unlike those frog eggs, more human births occur.
Before the advent of out-of-control humans, a balance was kept and everything lived and existed within that balance.
Forget about the idea that because you are a human that you are also superior, because each species is more evolved or lesser evolved in their own sphere.
One way to test that statement is to go swimming with a a great white shark, and you will quickly see just how "superior" that you are as a human.
and killing beers is not a crime. =P
--Eeyore