PETERBOROUGH, Ont. – A 53-year-old woman is recovering after being attacked and mauled by a bear – one of three she encountered while walking her dogs east of Peterborough.
The incident happened Sunday near Havelock, when the woman and her dogs were out walking on a trail.
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Authorities say the dogs were also injured when they came to the woman’s rescue, eventually scaring the bears away.
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The woman made her way to safety and called 911.
She was taken to hospital in Campbellford for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.
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