Woman's best friend
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A Alaska woman said on Wednesday she
punched a black bear in the face to save her small dog from being carried off and
possibly eaten.
Juneau resident Brooke Collins said she hit the bear Sunday night to save the life of
her dachshund, Fudge. She said she discovered the bear crouched down, clutching
Fudge in its paws and biting the batik of the dog' s neck.
It had her kind of like when they eat salmon," Collins said Wednesday. "I was
freaking out. I was screaming at it. My dog was screaming. I ran up to it ... I just
punched it right in the snout and it let go."
Collins said her boyfriend then scared the bear away. "I think it was more startled
than anything," she said.
Collins, a hairdresser who has lived in Juneau most of her life, said she is accustomed
to bears and knows how to take precautions around them.
She also knew about this particular bear before Sunday' s attack because it has been
hanging around the neighborhood.
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Safe and sound: Brook Collins holds her dog. Fudge, at her
home in Juneau., Alaska on Tuesday.
updated R/ 31/ 201. 1 3: 41: 29 PM ET Print I Font: Gut + -
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A Alaska woman said on Wednesday she
punched a black bear in the face to save her small dog from being carried off and
possibly eaten.
Juneau resident Brooke Collins said she hit the bear Sunday night to save the life of
her dachshund, Fudge. She said she discovered the bear crouched down, clutching
Fudge in its paws and biting the batik of the dog' s neck.
It had her kind of like when they eat salmon," Collins said Wednesday. "I was
freaking out. I was screaming at it. My dog was screaming. I ran up to it ... I just
punched it right in the snout and it let go."
Collins said her boyfriend then scared the bear away. "I think it was more startled
than anything," she said.
Collins, a hairdresser who has lived in Juneau most of her life, said she is accustomed
to bears and knows how to take precautions around them.
She also knew about this particular bear before Sunday' s attack because it has been
hanging around the neighborhood.
Ditita' t' t
Safe and sound: Brook Collins holds her dog. Fudge, at her
home in Juneau., Alaska on Tuesday.
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