Two Dogs Killed In Sitka Bear Attacks

Two dogs are dead in bear attacks in Sitka and wildlife managers are on the hunt #BeBearAwarehttps://t.co/TY4Co2Bn2b via @AKPublicNews

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Here’s more on the attacks from Sitka’s KCAW:

Over the weekend, a bear in the Indian River subdivision area did some serious property damage and killed a dog — the second dog killed in the last month. 

On Saturday night, Bethune said, a homeowner had left a processed deer securely hanging in a sturdy, enclosed shed in his backyard. But that didn’t stop the very determined bear.

“The bear tore through a wall of that shed, so it really made a tremendous effort to get into the shed and it took the deer. And then, at the same time the homeowner’s dog went missing,” he says.