A 65-year-old man and a 64-year-old woman were both injured by bears that had been chased by their dogs in two separate incidents in recent days, officials in Connecticut and Maine said.
In the first incident, 64-year-old Lynn Kelly was working in her garden around 11:30 a.m. Friday when her dog started barking and ran into the woods, the Maine Department Of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife said. The dog then ran back out of the woods with a black bear chasing after it.
On Saturday, a bear was exploring some bird feeders on a porch in Litchfield, Connecticut, around 11:15 a.m. when a dog spotted it and chased the bear, authorities said. The bear attacked the dog and the 65-year-old homeowner, who was not publicly identified,"intervened," authorities said.
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