This was the first deadly attack by a polar bear in the last 30 years in Alaska, the only US state inhabited by polar bears.
In Wales, near the Arctic Circle in Alaska, 24-year-old Summer Miomik and her one-year-old son, Clyde Ongtowasruk, were killed by a polar bear on their way from school to hospital. Subway reports.
They walked a little more than a hundred meters when a bear attacked them due to a strong blizzard, the predator was not in sight.
This was the first deadly attack by a polar bear in the last 30 years in Alaska, the only US state inhabited by polar bears.
After this incident, the principal ordered the school to be closed, and the teachers began to close the shutters fervently so that the children could not see what was happening outside the windows.
Local officials tried to scare the bear with shovels.
Bering Strait School District Administrator Susan Nedza explained that the school gates were closed seconds before the animal attempted to enter the building.
The school administration asked the public for help while the bear was still out, as there was no law enforcement in the Welsh village.
The man, whose name has not yet been learned, shot the animal, which continued to torment the woman and the child.
Alaska Air Force spokesman Austin McDaniel explained in an interview with reporters that the victims had no idea what danger awaited them due to poor vision.
Wales is the westernmost point of North America, located a few kilometers from the territory of Russia.
The local community is about 150 people and almost all of them are Inupiat. The village can only be reached by boat or plane. Provisions are delivered by barges.
It is unknown what caused the attack. But polar bears see humans as prey, according to Jeff York, senior conservation manager at Polar Bear International.
Recall that due to climate change the Arctic could be full of hybrid bears. First part brown bear, part polar bear spotted here in 2006. Over time their population will increase.
Previously Focus He reported that American black bears are slowly blushing. Researchers have found the cause of this phenomenon.
Source: Focus
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