Girl, 5, dragged away by bear outside her home
A five-year-old girl has been hospitalised after she was attacked by a bear outside her home.
The child had gone outside of her home in East Orchard Mesa, 390km west of Denver, Colorado, at about 2.30am on Sunday to investigate noises she believed were coming from a dog.
The girl’s mother told state wildlife officers she heard screaming and went out to find her daughter being dragged by a large black bear.
She says the bear dropped the girl, identified by her father as Kimberly Cyr, after she began screaming at the animal, US television network ABC News reported.
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Kimberly was rushed to St Mary’s Hospital with serious injuries, but according to Colorado Parks and Wildlife, she has now been upgraded to fair condition.
CPW says officers are tracking the bear with the help of federal wildlife officers.
