Bear Attacks Pennsylvania Woman Who Shielded Dog Outside Home
March 6, 2024: A 55-year-old woman was attacked and injured by a bear in Butler Township, Pa. on Tuesday evening.
The bear attacked victim Lee Ann Galante and her dog, Smokey, when she let her dog outside of her house on Bellefield Drive in Butler around 8:30 p.m. Before first responders arrived, Galante suffered lacerations to her head and one to her arm and was bleeding excessively. First responders controlled her bleeding upon arrival.
Galante’s dog was not injured, but Galante was taken to Butler Memorial Hospital and later Allegheny General Hospital. Galante is being treated for puncture wounds and lacerations to her head, neck, face, and arm, as well as broken bones in her face.
"It was very terrifying," Galante told CBS. "I honestly didn't think I was going to make it. I couldn't believe this was happening."
"She came up behind me and she pushed me down, and my face went smack right into our cement," explained Galante of the mother bear and her three cubs.
"Then she got me by the back of the head and she was pulling so hard on it I thought I was going to get scalped," she said.
“The mama bear started getting aggressive while we were here, and she was euthanized by the Pennsylvania Game Commission," Butler Township police Sgt. Thomas Vensel said, per WTAE. "The three cubs were tranquilized and are currently being transported to be dropped off at an unknown location."
https://people.com/bear-attacks-pennsylvania-woman-while-shielding-dog-outside-home-8605447
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