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[其它] Edmonton hunter kills wounded bear 'on top of him'

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EDMONTON - An Edmonton man was airlifted to hospital Sunday night after he shot and killed a wounded black bear as the bear bit and tackled him.
“The bear that chewed on the guy, that attacked the guy, was shot and killed by the hunter,” said Mike Ewald, regional problem wildlife specialist with Alberta Fish and Wildlife. “It appears he shot the bear as the bear was on top of him.”
The man was legally hunting bear on private land in Smoky Lake County — black bear hunting on private land is legal year round with permission from the landowner. The man had also previously purchased bear tags.
Smoky Lake County fire Chief Scott Franchuk said firefighters responded to an emergency call and met the injured man at a nearby farmhouse where he had been taken.
“We treated his injuries on scene,” Franchuk said. “We had a language barrier, as he did not speak English.”
An air ambulance was dispatched shortly before 10 p.m. and landed at Range Road 170 and Township Road 602, approximately 130 kilometres northeast of Edmonton. The 56-year-old man was taken to the University of Alberta Hospital in stable condition, Franchuk said.
The man required a Mandarin translator because he spoke little English, Ewald said.
The Edmonton man was out hunting with a group, and had left the vehicle by himself after seeing the adult male bear.
“He shot and wounded a black bear, and he followed it into the bush where the wounded bear turned on him,” Ewald said. “While the bear was in contact with him, he fatally shot ... He finished the bear off.”
Added Ewald: “It’s a story he’ll be able to tell his grandkids.”
Betty Epp, who lives about six kilometres from the property where the man was mauled said the bear population in the area is starting to become a problem.
“We have had lots of issues with black bears and cubs,” Epp said. “They are not scared of people anymore.”
Epp said although she doesn’t like to see animals killed, given the number of bears growing increasingly bold, it is a problem that needs to be taken care of.
Kevin Wilson, an outdoors writer and hunting outfitter in Edmonton, said there has been an increase in the number of predators across the continent.
“There needs to be something else keeping them in check, and hunters are the most effective tool for that,” Wilson said.
“When you get an abnormal population explosion of predators, then you see increased human-predator conflicts ... and then ultimately things like this happen.”
Wilson said under normal circumstances, bear hunting can be quite challenging.
“They are difficult to hunt because they are very quiet, very solitary,” Wilson said. “It is much, much more difficult to find a bear this time of year because they just don’t show themselves much.”
This is the fourth confirmed bear attack this season.
In May, Lorna Weafer, 36, was killed by a bear at a Suncor work site north of Fort McMurray. About two weeks later, Etienne Cardinal was attacked in Jasper, but the bear chomped a can of bear spray and ran off.
The third attack came in July, when a man from Denmark was clawed and bit by a bear while hiking near Quarry Lake in Canmore.
Officials also investigated what appeared to be a fifth bear attack, but they determined the 22-year-old man’s injuries were not consistent with a wildlife attack.
With files from Fiona Buchanan
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