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Officials announced on Friday that a bear that previously attacked two children in Luzerne County this week was captured and euthanized.
MOUNTAIN TOP, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say a bear that attacked and injured two young children playing in the driveway of a northeastern Pennsylvania home has been captured and euthanized. The Pennsylvania Game Commission said Friday that two bears, a male and a female, had been caught overnight in live traps set following Monday's attack in Wright Township near Mountain Top.
Authorities say a bear that attacked and injured two young children playing in the driveway of a northeastern Pennsylvania home has been captured and euthanized.
EYEWITNESS NEWS (WBRE/WYOU)— The Game Commission has announced they have caught the bear who was involved in the bear attack that happened in Luzerne County.
The animal’s DNA was sent for analysis to try to confirm it was the same bear.