Posted on 08/27/2015 8:43:57 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A dog is recovering after receiving deep scratches and lacerations on its body and neck during a scuffle with a bear in a residential neighborhood in between Leesburg and Eustis.
Kim Givens said she had let her Doberman named Bo out in the backyard of her home in the Wedgewood subdivision before they went to bed late Aug. 8. She said about 11:30 p.m. she saw Bo bolt from her backyard and go down the hill her home sits on. She opened the sliding-glass door and heard loud growling and "horrible mauling sounds."
Kim Givens' Doberman named Bo happily playing outside her Grand Island home before being injured in the neighborhood by a bear. (Kim Givens)
"I knew it was the bear as soon as I heard those noises," said Givens, 46. "It was frightening. I don't ever want to hear those types of noises again."
Givens said she stayed inside and peered out her windows until the dog ran up to her back porch with injuries.
"He had these gashes in his neck and was bleeding a lot," she said. Bo also had deep puncture wounds on his side and scratches along his back but is expected to recover.
I'm glad your dog is OK, but if you knew there was a mama bear and cubs in the area, why would you let you dog run loose? The bear was doing what a mam bear does. protect her young. If these ******** people that continue to forget that you are living near wild creature and sometimes you...
She said she sees a bear and two cubs in the neighborhood at least three times a week, a trend she said started last year when Lake County delivered new large garbage cart as part of a new trash-collection system. Residents are
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You are a man after my own heart.
:)
Da Ebils owe me for all that great dog food, their own sofas, innumerable toys, boundless love, mindless devotion, unquestioning protection and expensive medical insurance.
Just walking around on a leash once in a while is good bargain for them, really.
:)
Someday, you’re going to find Odhinn Freeping.
“Smell a bear ten miles away. Think I’ll go take it from on. Don’t tell Boss Lady.”
and Seven will reply. “Awesome. I’ll join you. Remember. If we’re caught, you take the blame, and I get the treats for being the innocent pup led astray-—”
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