Bear mauls 10-year-old in grandparents' Connecticut backyard

what began as *** quiet sunday morning in Morris took *** terrifying turn for *** 10 year old boy when this black bear attacked him in his grandparents backyard, jenny. Dixon is the director of the wildlife division for the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Barrett was an adult male bear, about £250 in weight. The child's grandmother didn't want to go on camera but told News 12, it happened around 11, her grandson. I had gotten off the trampoline when the bear emerged from the woods, latched onto his leg and tried to drag him away. Her husband jim Butler was out back too, but he's in *** wheelchair. When Butler saw his grandson in trouble, he rolled over and through *** metal bar at the bear. This is the metal bar. Butler used his wife says it hit the bear on the head, causing the animal to release their grandson. But the bear then grabbed the boy *** second time and used its claws to try and roll him over onto his back. *** neighbor told News 12, she and her husband were outside at the time and heard the cries for help. Her husband ran over with *** pipe and scared the bear off. The bear was still on scene when our environmental conservation police officers arrived and they did euthanize the bear. The boy was rushed to the hospital where he was treated and released. His grandmother said he suffered two puncture wounds to his thigh bite marks on his foot and ankle and claw marks on his back. She told News 12 is doing okay but obviously traumatized. Deep, is now investigating. Dixon says it's likely this bear had been habitue and was used to associating people with food. When those two things combined, it often creates very dangerous situations because there's sort of lose that innate fear of people. They are much more bold. They can sometimes be aggressive. So those are all the kinds of things that we'll be looking at in this case.

A 250-pound black bear mauled a 10-year-old boy playing in his grandparents' backyard in Connecticut and tried to drag him away before the animal was fatally shot by police, authorities said.The child was attacked at about 11 a.m. Sunday in the town of Morris, the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection said. He was taken to a hospital for treatment of injuries that were not life-threatening.Officers from the state police and DEEP's environmental conservation force responded and shot the bear, authorities said.The boy's grandfather described the harrowing attack to the Republican-American of Waterbury. James Butler said his grandson was playing near a trampoline when the bear emerged from thick woods behind the house."I heard him yell 'bear' and when I looked up, I saw his leg in the bear's mouth and the bear trying to drag him across the lawn," Butler said.Butler, who uses a wheelchair, wheeled his chair toward the bear and threw a metal bar at its head, he told the newspaper.The bear released the boy but then grabbed the child a second time and used its claws to try to roll the boy onto his back, the grandfather said.A neighbor alerted by the boy's screams raced over and scared the bear off by brandishing a pipe and yelling, Butler said.Once Butler and his grandson were safely inside the house, the bear returned, walking up a wheelchair ramp and peering at them through the screen door, Butler said."We thought he was coming through the screen," Butler said. "No doubt he was a big threat."The bear was fatally shot by police a short time later.Butler, and his wife, Christina Anderson, who was inside the house when the bear attacked, said the boy suffered a puncture wound to one thigh, bite marks on a foot and ankle and claw marks on his back.State biologist Jenny Dixon said the risk of negative bear-human interactions is increasing as Connecticut's expanding bear population becomes acclimated to humans and develops a taste for their food.

A 250-pound black bear mauled a 10-year-old boy playing in his grandparents' backyard in Connecticut and tried to drag him away before the animal was fatally shot by police, authorities said.

The child was attacked at about 11 a.m. Sunday in the town of Morris, the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection said. He was taken to a hospital for treatment of injuries that were not life-threatening.

Officers from the state police and DEEP's environmental conservation force responded and shot the bear, authorities said.

The boy's grandfather described the harrowing attack to the Republican-American of Waterbury. James Butler said his grandson was playing near a trampoline when the bear emerged from thick woods behind the house.

"I heard him yell 'bear' and when I looked up, I saw his leg in the bear's mouth and the bear trying to drag him across the lawn," Butler said.

Butler, who uses a wheelchair, wheeled his chair toward the bear and threw a metal bar at its head, he told the newspaper.

The bear released the boy but then grabbed the child a second time and used its claws to try to roll the boy onto his back, the grandfather said.

A neighbor alerted by the boy's screams raced over and scared the bear off by brandishing a pipe and yelling, Butler said.

Once Butler and his grandson were safely inside the house, the bear returned, walking up a wheelchair ramp and peering at them through the screen door, Butler said.

"We thought he was coming through the screen," Butler said. "No doubt he was a big threat."

The bear was fatally shot by police a short time later.

Butler, and his wife, Christina Anderson, who was inside the house when the bear attacked, said the boy suffered a puncture wound to one thigh, bite marks on a foot and ankle and claw marks on his back.

State biologist Jenny Dixon said the risk of negative bear-human interactions is increasing as Connecticut's expanding bear population becomes acclimated to humans and develops a taste for their food.

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