{"id":352063,"date":"2026-03-18T05:32:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T05:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/352063\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T05:32:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T05:32:08","slug":"mama-bear-injures-woman-walking-dog-in-monrovia-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/352063\/","title":{"rendered":"Mama Bear Injures Woman Walking Dog in Monrovia, California"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A mama bear with cubs nearby took a swipe at a woman who was walking her dog in Monrovia, California. Black bear attacks on humans are very rare, and now wildlife officials might euthanize the animal. <\/p>\n<p>[RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/outdoors.com\/bear-break-in-burly-burglar-raids-california-kitchen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Bear Break-in: Burly Burglar Raids California Kitchen<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>Local <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cbsla\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">CBS LA News<\/a> reports that black bears are common in the neighborhood. But a black bear taking a swipe at a passerby? Not so common. Thankfully, both the woman and her dog are ok. However, CBS LA reports that if the captured bear\u2019s DNA matches the DNA from the injured woman\u2019s scrape, officials will likely euthanize the bear.<\/p>\n<p>Watch CBS LA\u2019s news report about the bear that injured a woman who was walking her dog here:<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, while another local news station, <a href=\"https:\/\/ktla.com\/news\/local-news\/bear-wanders-into-ktla-reporters-live-shot-while-covering-monrovia-attack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">KTLA 5 was reporting the story on live TV<\/a>, another black bear wandered around in the background.<\/p>\n<p>Header stock image by Amanda Wayne\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Best Bear (and Mountain Lion) Sprays<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/outdoors.com\/best-bear-spray\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">bear sprays here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">This post contains affiliate links. Outdoors.com may earn a commission when you make a purchase through these links. Thank you for your support.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A mama bear with cubs nearby took a swipe at a woman who was walking her dog in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":352064,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[160135,61,60,82,263],"class_list":["post-352063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-bear-attack","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=352063"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352063\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/352064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=352063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=352063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}