France a human animal collision killed a bear

In France, a human-animal collision killed a bear and injured a 70-year-old hunter

Authorities in France say a 70-year-old man shot and killed a brown bear while he was hunting a wild boar in the southwestern part of the country, and the bear attacked and injured him. Had done

The man allegedly fired two shots from a rifle at the female bear, killing the animal instantly. The bear was walking with its cubs at the time.

In France, a human-animal collision killed a bear and injured a 70-year-old hunter

Police-are investigating now incident tha t took place-on Saturday-afternoon'

Police said the man was a member of a local hunting association in the Seix area of ​​Erie. During the incident, the bear bit the man several times with its teeth, damaging the arteries in his legs.

According to the AFP news agency, sources close to the matter said that the condition of this person is critical.

Police said they received an emergency call at about 3:30 pm local time, after which when they arrived at the scene, they found the dead bear just one meter away from where the hunter was lying injured. Was

An unnamed member of the same hunting association told local news website La Dipesh that he had called for help on group radio, after which he arrived. These groups use this radio during hunting.

"Until the aid arrived, a man stopped the hunter's bloodshed," he said.

"We feared such an attack," said Christine Tekke, a local council official in Ariz.

"Today, you can really see how complicated it is for (humans and animals) to live together," he told AFP.

It should be noted that after the decline in the number of animals in the 1990s, France began to resettle the brown bears in the Pyrenees.

But the move has sparked protests from local farmers, who say bears pose a threat to their livestock.