Pennsylvania bear attack left two young children injured: officials

Two young children suffered injuries from a bear attack in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, according to the Pennsylvania Game Commission.

The five-year-old and 1-year-old were playing in the driveway of their home in Wright Township on Monday when they suffered non-life threatening injuries from a bear. They were treated for bites and scratches at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital but were later released.

The Game Commission, which is investigating the incident, said there are few details about the incident or what may have led to the attack. The agency has set two bear traps in the area.

The agency said that, if a bear is caught, DNA testing may be able to positively determine whether it is the same bear that attacked the children.

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Bears in the state typically avoid contact with people and rarely attack, according to the Game Commission.

"When attacks do occur, it often involves a situation where a bear is cornered and not given an opportunity to flee, or is triggered by a dog confronting a bear, and the dog’s owner becoming involved," the agency wrote on Facebook.

The bear involved in Monday’s attack likely is not prone to attack, the agency said, adding that the attack was more likely triggered by "some unknown circumstance." 

If the bear involved in the attack is captured, it will be euthanized as a precaution.

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"Bears have a natural fear of people, but they can lose some of that fear when living close to people, and especially if they’re fed," the Game Commission wrote. "For this reason, it is unlawful in Pennsylvania to intentionally feed bears." 

"But even without intentional feeding, bears can be drawn to properties where they can find an easy meal at a birdfeeder, by raiding compost bins or trash cans, or toppling a charred grill," the post continued. "Those who live in bear country might consider removing these potential food sources from places where bears might get them, and where bears have been a problem recently, such items definitely should be removed."

There are roughly 15,000 bears in Pennsylvania.

LAURA INGRAHAM: Trump is the only candidate who has credibility on four vital policy issues

Laura Ingraham discusses how the left's attempts to target Trump's personality will not work to deter him from winning over voters after a proven record of success on "The Ingraham Angle."

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LAURA INGRAHAM: What his core supporters firmly believe is that as of now, Trump is the only candidate who has credibility on four vital policy issues. Now, Trump has a proven record of standing up to China. Both Biden and the GOP establishment want a partnership with China. Remember, Trump ignored big business and used tariffs to our advantage against China. Biden, he's itching to remove them. 

Now, Trump is opposed to open borders. Both Biden and the GOP establishment support open borders. 

…Trump is opposed to the never ending wars and wants to reform our national security establishment. Both Biden and the GOP establishment support it, and both have a record of spending trillions and trillions on failed wars.

Trump has a proven record of putting real conservatives on the bench. Now, Biden would put hard left lunatics there and the GOP establishment, let's face it, it has a record of appointing folks like David Souter and others like John Roberts. So that's four major issues, issues that should be critical in any election where Trump right now has a clear policy advantage over both Biden and the GOP establishment. 

And that all leads to the following on domestic policy. Trump has a proven record of building an economy that generated higher real wages for American workers. Now, neither the Biden administration nor the old GOP guard can say the same. And on social policy, Trump led us to a huge victory to overturn Roe v. Wade. We know what the GOP establishment failed to do. Yeah, overturn Roe v. Wade for over 40 years. 

And by the way, Trump did all of this while facing impeachment and the fraudulent Mueller investigation. So simply attacking Trump as a person or his style, ain't going to work. If you want to win the GOP nomination, you're going to have to convince the voters that you're going to do the right thing on China, on the borders, obviously the economy, on the military and judges. 

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