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<span class="dateline" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline">ANCHORAGE, Alaska – </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px">A black bear mauled a man at a campground in Alaska, but the animal won't likely threaten other people, the state Department of Fish and Game said.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none; outline: 0px; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial, sans-serif">Spokesman Ken Marsh said the bear was "pretty much goaded" into the attack Saturday near Eklutna Lake Campground north of Anchorage because the man fed it meat from a church barbecue, the Anchorage Daily News reported.</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none; outline: 0px; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial, sans-serif">The man could be charged with illegally feeding wildlife, according to Alaska State Troopers spokeswoman Beth Ipsen. He had been drinking and went for a bike ride, taking some of the food along, she said. The man came across the bear and threw it a piece of meat. He then offered the bear another piece.</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none; outline: 0px; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial, sans-serif">"That's when it kind of went ballistic," Ipsen said.</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none; outline: 0px; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial, sans-serif">Park rangers later found the bloodied man washing himself off at the campground, Marsh said.</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none; outline: 0px; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial, sans-serif">"He wasn't terribly coherent," he said. "He was unsure of where the attack actually happened."</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none; outline: 0px; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial, sans-serif">The man was treated for punctures wounds and scratches at an Anchorage hospital. His name was not immediately released.</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none; outline: 0px; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial, sans-serif">Authorities are still trying to sort out what happened, Ipsen said. There were no witnesses to the attack and the man struggled to convey what had happened when a trooper spoke with him at the hospital, she said.</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none; outline: 0px; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial, sans-serif">A state biologist sent to the scene couldn't find the bear, Marsh said. There's no indication the animal will attack others.</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none; outline: 0px; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial, sans-serif">"The bear was pretty much goaded into this," Marsh said.</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none; outline: 0px; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial, sans-serif">Biologists advise people never to feed wild animals anything.</p><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none; outline: 0px; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial, sans-serif">
Read more:http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/06/17/bear-mauls-alaska-man-who-fed-it-barbecue-meat/?intcmp=obinsite#ixzz2WrC1gDj6</span>
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<span class="dateline" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline">ANCHORAGE, Alaska – </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px">A black bear mauled a man at a campground in Alaska, but the animal won't likely threaten other people, the state Department of Fish and Game said.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none; outline: 0px; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial, sans-serif">Spokesman Ken Marsh said the bear was "pretty much goaded" into the attack Saturday near Eklutna Lake Campground north of Anchorage because the man fed it meat from a church barbecue, the Anchorage Daily News reported.</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none; outline: 0px; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial, sans-serif">The man could be charged with illegally feeding wildlife, according to Alaska State Troopers spokeswoman Beth Ipsen. He had been drinking and went for a bike ride, taking some of the food along, she said. The man came across the bear and threw it a piece of meat. He then offered the bear another piece.</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none; outline: 0px; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial, sans-serif">"That's when it kind of went ballistic," Ipsen said.</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none; outline: 0px; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial, sans-serif">Park rangers later found the bloodied man washing himself off at the campground, Marsh said.</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none; outline: 0px; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial, sans-serif">"He wasn't terribly coherent," he said. "He was unsure of where the attack actually happened."</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none; outline: 0px; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial, sans-serif">The man was treated for punctures wounds and scratches at an Anchorage hospital. His name was not immediately released.</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none; outline: 0px; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial, sans-serif">Authorities are still trying to sort out what happened, Ipsen said. There were no witnesses to the attack and the man struggled to convey what had happened when a trooper spoke with him at the hospital, she said.</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none; outline: 0px; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial, sans-serif">A state biologist sent to the scene couldn't find the bear, Marsh said. There's no indication the animal will attack others.</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none; outline: 0px; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial, sans-serif">"The bear was pretty much goaded into this," Marsh said.</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none; outline: 0px; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial, sans-serif">Biologists advise people never to feed wild animals anything.</p><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none; outline: 0px; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial, sans-serif">
Read more:http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/06/17/bear-mauls-alaska-man-who-fed-it-barbecue-meat/?intcmp=obinsite#ixzz2WrC1gDj6</span>
