Polar bear kills woman and young boy after rampage through remote Alaska village - ABC News

A polar carnivore chased down and killed a pistillate and a young lad erstwhile it entered a distant colony assemblage successful Alaska earlier a nonmigratory was capable to sprout and termination the carnivore during the attack.

The incidental occurred astatine astir 2:30 p.m. connected Tuesday successful the Wales, Alaska -- the westernmost constituent of the American mainland with an estimated colonisation of astir 170 radical -- erstwhile a polar carnivore reportedly entered the distant community, constabulary said.

“Initial reports bespeak that a polar carnivore had entered the assemblage and had chased aggregate residents,” according to a connection released by the Alaska Department of Public Safety connected Tuesday successful the aftermath of the attack. “The carnivore fatally attacked an big pistillate and juvenile male.”

The carnivore was changeable and killed by a section nonmigratory arsenic it attacked the victims, according to authorities.

A polar carnivore chased down and killed a pistillate and a young lad erstwhile it entered a distant colony assemblage successful Alaska earlier a nonmigratory was capable to sprout and termination the carnivore during the onslaught connected Jan. 17, 2023 successful Wales, Alaska.

Alaska Department of Fish and Game

Polar carnivore attacks are precise uncommon but antheral polar bears tin measurement anyplace from 600 to 1,200 pounds with pistillate polar bears ranging betwixt 400 and 700 pounds, according to the Alaska Department for Fish and Game. Their mean beingness span is astir 25 years.

“Current and predicted aboriginal declines successful oversea crystal led the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to database polar bears arsenic threatened nether the ESA (Endangered Species Act) passim their range,” according to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. “Thinner crystal and longer ice-free periods successful summertime whitethorn trim the magnitude of clip polar bears person to hunt, and effect successful colonisation declines.”

An probe into the onslaught is ongoing arsenic “troopers and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game are moving to question to Wales arsenic upwind conditions allow,” the Alaska Department of Public Safety confirmed.

The identities of the victims person not yet been confirmed and the adjacent of kin notifications are inactive successful progress.