{"id":117822,"date":"2024-12-06T16:29:59","date_gmt":"2024-12-06T16:29:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/man-severely-injured-in-polar-bear-attack-while-defending-wife-in-ontario-usa-today\/"},"modified":"2024-12-06T16:29:59","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T16:29:59","slug":"man-severely-injured-in-polar-bear-attack-while-defending-wife-in-ontario-usa-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/man-severely-injured-in-polar-bear-attack-while-defending-wife-in-ontario-usa-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Man severely injured in polar bear attack while defending wife in Ontario &#8211; USA TODAY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A man who jumped onto a polar bear to protect his wife from being mauled in Canada is recovering from serious injuries, local officials said this week.<br \/>Nishnawbe Aski Police Service officers responded to a home in a residential area of Ontario after reports of gunfire and, at the scene, said they discovered a dead polar bear.<br \/>Before officers arrived, the department announced in a news release, police had received reports of a possible bear sighting in the same area.<br \/>Arriving officers learned a husband and wife at the address left their home at 5 a.m. to look for their dogs.<br \/>While in the driveway of their home, a polar bear lunged at the wife, the release said.<br \/>&#8220;The woman slipped to ground as her husband leapt onto the animal to prevent its attack,&#8221; officers wrote in the release.<br \/>The bear then attacked the husband, police said, causing serious but non-life-threatening injuries to his arm and legs.<br \/>During the attack, police reported, a neighbor arrived with a firearm and shot the bear several times. The bear retreated to a wooded area, where it died from its injuries.<br \/>The husband, police reported, was taken to a community medical center. He was expected to recover, police reported.<br \/>After the attack, police said, officers patrolled the area around the home to make sure no other polar bears were nearby.<br \/><em>Natalie Neysa Alund is a senior reporter for USA TODAY. Reach her at nalund@usatoday.com and follow her on X @nataliealund.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitgFBVV95cUxOYV8tcW00RHFsMkZXZnJtdVdXdjNFTnRWTEY2SGR1enlEczZEMjA4c242akdPcWNSZldvVmNQUmxpLXF6RDhGejVsdjBMSTQ5bGh4M0JkTU95T0Z5dWg5SUZvMnBFa19tcW1IZTQzMXc1TUx6bURYTWFsNXRMSFNoYnJOWUFIQUV0OHczWWhVMHF0WFpTQ2dybkZ1UDlCckFqNEluRTM5Ti1hY1NnYWxIbUxGMUtHZw?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man who jumped onto a polar bear to protect his wife from being mauled in Canada is recovering from serious injuries, local officials said this week.Nishnawbe Aski Police Service officers responded to a home in a residential area of Ontario after reports of gunfire and, at the scene, said they discovered a dead polar [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":117823,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-117822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117822\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}