Bear mauls elderly man on tractor in this state’s 1st bear attack in 25 years
A state wildlife official, a rare bear attack critically wounded a man in a rare bear attack was critically injured, he said.
Mauling took place in Franklin County about 36 hours ago, and pointed out the first -month attack in the state in the quarter century. Arkansas Game and Fish Commission (AGFC) Spokesman Keith Stephens, Usa Today told.
The terrible encounter is also known along the 23rd State Motorway, a senior, a tractor near Mulberry Mountain. Pig Trail Scenic BywayAGENCY AGENCY AGENCY REFUGE to the scene reported.
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Stephens, wildlife officials, Little Rock about 120 miles northwest of Ozark’dan Vernon Patton’u found and “heads and arms of severe cuts and punctuating wounds, including great injuries, he said.
The victim was working on the tractor on the gravel road
According to the agency, the authorities learned that a black bear attacked Patton while working on the path of pebbles with a tractor.
Patton’s son, who witnessed Mauling, saw that his father was attacked by a one -year male black bear weighing about 70 kilos.
Stephens said Patton was transferred to the Washington region in Fayetteville that day for surgery and then moved to Arkansas University for the Medical Sciences Medical Center in Little Rock.
Authorities said that the game guards responded to the scene and hit the animal in a deadly way.
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The bear is tested for rabies, disadmper
Examples collected from the bear were sent to the Arkansas Ministry of Agriculture Diagnostic Diagnostic Laboratory and Arkansas Ministry of Health to test the disadmper and rabies.
Cornell Veterinary Medicine College and American Veterinary Medicine Association. While rabies can spread to people, it does not make disadmper.
Stephens, test results are expected at the beginning of next week, he said.
Wildlife officials reminded people of walking in rural areas to make sure that they were up to date and to ensure that their animals were up to date.
Stephens, “This event is quite unusual, because there were no documented bear attacks on the people in Arkansas within 25 years.” He said.
Natalie Neysa Alund is a senior reporter for USA Today. Contact him at nalund@usatody.com and follow x @natalieealund
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