GROTON, N.H. — New Hampshire’s Fish and Game Department says a 71-year-old woman suffered serious head injuries from an encounter with a bear in her home.
The department says the bear somehow got inside the woman’s home about 1:15 a.m. Tuesday in Groton, a rural community in the central part of the state. The woman, who uses a wheelchair, was hospitalized. Authorities haven’t been able to talk to her yet.
WMUR-TV reports evidence suggest the bear was trapped in the kitchen area before its encounter with the woman. The bear managed to get out of the home afterward.
Fish and Game officers said they are searching for the bear. They are concerned the bear may have rabies.
The moral of the story is that you’re not safe anywhere, and not just from two-legged threats. How close do you have a gun in the house?
The loyal pup risked his snout to protect his owner from being bitten by a rattlesnake.
Paula Godwin, from Anthem, Arizona, was on a hike Friday morning when she almost stepped on the dangerous viper, she wrote in a Facebook post.
But Todd swooped in and saved her, she said.
“He jumped right in front of my leg where I surely would have been bit,” she wrote.
Todd, who is less than a year old, tackled the rattlesnake but ended up getting bitten on the nose.
I’m shocked that this dog is alive, but since my Heidi has been bitten by a Copperhead I know that dogs do better with snake bites than humans. Still, this is a rattlesnake.
A dog in my neighborhood (Cave Creek, AZ) was killed by a rattlesnake bite a few days ago, despite “rattlesnake training.”
On July 23, 2018 at 8:56 am, Ned said:
i had a golden retriever that was bitten by a timber rattler in AZ. The dog survived. The rattler sprouted a .45 cal hole in its head, and did not survive.
On July 23, 2018 at 1:06 pm, NOG said:
If you live in a high risk area for snakebites, best medicine is prevention. There is a rattlesnake vaccine at the local Vet office. We have had 29 canine snakebites last year reported by the local Vet. Worth the money. For those who spout don’t kill them they eat rodents, they also bite livestock, usually with fatal results. They also also don’t eat that much. Any are killed around this place. Now King snakes or rat snakes, I just leave them be.
On July 23, 2018 at 4:49 pm, TheAlaskan said:
@ NOG
We have the same philosophy here, the only exception, trading the rattler for the bear. They eat livestock and once they acquire a taste for it, they want more…and, they are always hungry. They also bite which is also, frequently fatal. We also have vaccines which come in brass containers. And like you, any who come around this place, more likely than not, get vaccinated. Still trying to work out the dose however, mine always seem to be lethal.
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On July 22, 2018 at 11:17 pm, Steve Parker, M.D. said:
A dog in my neighborhood (Cave Creek, AZ) was killed by a rattlesnake bite a few days ago, despite “rattlesnake training.”
On July 23, 2018 at 8:56 am, Ned said:
i had a golden retriever that was bitten by a timber rattler in AZ. The dog survived. The rattler sprouted a .45 cal hole in its head, and did not survive.
On July 23, 2018 at 1:06 pm, NOG said:
If you live in a high risk area for snakebites, best medicine is prevention. There is a rattlesnake vaccine at the local Vet office. We have had 29 canine snakebites last year reported by the local Vet. Worth the money. For those who spout don’t kill them they eat rodents, they also bite livestock, usually with fatal results. They also also don’t eat that much. Any are killed around this place. Now King snakes or rat snakes, I just leave them be.
On July 23, 2018 at 4:49 pm, TheAlaskan said:
@ NOG
We have the same philosophy here, the only exception, trading the rattler for the bear. They eat livestock and once they acquire a taste for it, they want more…and, they are always hungry. They also bite which is also, frequently fatal. We also have vaccines which come in brass containers. And like you, any who come around this place, more likely than not, get vaccinated. Still trying to work out the dose however, mine always seem to be lethal.