This week, two out-of-state visits to Bison and Grizzly bears in separate incidents every few days in and around Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Was injured. ..
Monday afternoon, an experienced 68-year-old outdoor man from Buffalo, New York, is now in the middle of a few days of backpacking trip in the wilderness of Wyoming when a grizzly bear hits the highlands. did. Francs Peak — A 13,000-foot peak southeast of Yellowstone National Park, known as the grizzly habitat.
The man had a bear spray, but officials from the Wyoming Game and Fish division said the attack was too fast to deploy.
Despite being injured, the unnamed hiker was able to activate his personal locator beacon (PLB) and sent a distress signal to local law enforcement agencies. ..
A helicopter team dispatched to the mountains found a hiker, sent him to a medical evacuation helicopter, and airlifted him to a hospital in Billings, Montana. There were no immediate words about his condition.
According to a statement, game and fish officials had no plans to track down the bear that attacked the backpacker.
"We want individuals to recover completely and quickly," said Corey Class, Cody Regional Wildlife Supervisor.
The Yellowstone region, which spans parts of Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho, is home to more than 700 grizzly bears. Since 2010, at least eight people have been killed by grizzly bears in the area.
A 71-year-old woman in West Chester, Pennsylvania, was attacked by a bison just two days after the bear was beaten at Franz Peak. She became the third person to be injured in four weeks by Bison in Yellowstone National Park, near Storm Point on Lake Yellowstone.
The National Park Service said in a news release that an unnamed hiker and his daughter unintentionally approached the bull bison while returning to the car on the trailhead, charging the animal bison. rice field.
The victim suffered a non-life-threatening injury and was taken by ambulance to West Park Hospital in Cody, Wyoming.
On Monday, a 34-year-old Colorado Springs man who was too close to a bison near a giant geyser was beaten when he grabbed a child fleeing wildlife.Dramatic video.
A man finds a boy on the road of Bison and snatches him. line. In doing so, he sits between the child and the beast, is struck by the horns of a bison and lifted into the air, the video shows.
On May 30, a 25-year-old woman in Grove City, Ohio,arrived within 10 feet of Bison andthrew her 10 feet into the air, puncture wounds and more. Injury.
Park staff encourage visitors to stay at least 75 feet away from large animals such as bison, elk, moose, and coyotes, and 300 feet away from bears. A wolf.
