Bear vs Dog vs Teenager: You may have seen this viral video, but here it is. I didn't realize the bear had three cubs with her. She was defending them from the dog.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

You may have seen this viral video, but here it is. I didn't realize the bear had three cubs with her. She was defending them from the dog.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Vd883NNojI

lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA

jerryc41 wrote:

You may have seen this viral video, but here it is. I didn't realize the bear had three cubs with her. She was defending them from the dog.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Vd883NNojI

That is one brave or foolish teen girl. I'd probably try to keep my dogs from a mom bear and cubs too. My hounds are 65 and 72 lbs. but no match for a bear.

BurghByrd Loc: Pittsburgh

Thanks for that. As usual the media is manipulating facts to suit their own agenda. In this case they ommit that the bear was defending her cubs from the dogs so they can play the story of the brave girl defending her dogs. Had the cubs still been in play things would likely have turned out much different.

Blair Shaw Jr Loc: Dunnellon,Florida

Glad that no one got hurt and that's all I care about.

Doddy Loc: Barnard Castle-England

Brave Lady. Just goes to show that humans think as much about their dogs as Bears do about their Cubs.

lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA

BurghByrd wrote:

Thanks for that. As usual the media is manipulating facts to suit their own agenda. In this case they ommit that the bear was defending her cubs from the dogs so they can play the story of the brave girl defending her dogs. Had the cubs still been in play things would likely have turned out much different.

I can clearly see the cubs in the video. They ran off quick. Bottom line though whose back yard is it, certainly not the bears'. Some people might come out of their house blasting with a shot gun, never mind wildlife conservation, protecting pets, or property rights. Personally I avoid bears, mountain lions, and coyotes. There would be nothing unusual about a mama bear protecting its young. An unarmed human confronting a bear for any reason is unusual.

ejones0310 Loc: Tulsa, OK

Thanks for posting this. I heard about it on the radio and forgot to hunt for it. I’m not sure if it said anywhere, but the large black dog was an expensive service dog. Just goes to show the power of adrenaline.

Blurryeyed Loc: NC Mountains.

The girl was awfully lucky, the little dog was awfully stupid.... I don't know how little dogs think or if they think at all, I have a 90# Pit that has been attacked several times by little dogs while out on a walk, and I do mean attacked, bitten by the little monsters, lucky for them my dog only ever just wanted to be their friend and never fought back.

joehel2 Loc: Cherry Hill, NJ

If the bear had jumped into the yard, they would still be looking for the girl’s head.

Julian Loc: Sarasota, FL

joehel2 wrote:

If the bear had jumped into the yard, they would still be looking for the girl’s head.

sb Loc: Florida's East Coast

BurghByrd wrote:

Thanks for that. As usual the media is manipulating facts to suit their own agenda. In this case they ommit that the bear was defending her cubs from the dogs so they can play the story of the brave girl defending her dogs. Had the cubs still been in play things would likely have turned out much different.

The stories I saw mentioned the cubs and the video shown clearly shows the cubs. But the important point of the story was the bravery and/or foolishness of the girl.

joecashew Loc: N.C.

sb wrote:

The stories I saw mentioned the cubs and the video shown clearly shows the cubs. But the important point of the story was the bravery and/or foolishness of the girl.

If one of the cubs had fell in to the yard the mother bear would have been there in a heart beat.And the out come would have been bad.

Country Boy Loc: Beckley, WV

I think it is bad luck to push a mama bear in the butt cub or no cub!

John N Loc: HP14 3QF Stokenchurch, UK

The clip shown on the BBC showed the three cubs. But I don't recall the reporter mentioning them.

olemikey Loc: 6 mile creek, Spacecoast Florida

BurghByrd wrote:

Thanks for that. As usual the media is manipulating facts to suit their own agenda. In this case they ommit that the bear was defending her cubs from the dogs so they can play the story of the brave girl defending her dogs. Had the cubs still been in play things would likely have turned out much different.

Media Omitting - media manipulation - give us a break (I saw the story on several news outlets, Fox, NBC, ABC, online) - it is very clear in the video that the cubs are involved. Some folks know a lot about animals and their actions, some (including news persons) maybe not so much....but calling it manipulation, what next, "Fake News Bear Reports".

In this case an overprotective young lady surprised the momma bear, she and her dogs were very lucky. The bears were either passing through, or they were considering some "hot dogs" for lunch. I live in the country (most of my life), I deal with this sort of stuff almost daily, this morning insistent raccoons, alligators during mating season, otters, hogs, a few days ago a coyote took the neighbors cat (got one of mine several months back, and another year prior, caught on game cam), bobcats catch squirrels in my yard, bears and panthers are nearby (10K acre WMA and 50 acres of woods behind me). I can tell you hours and hours of stories about wild animals that visit my yard, some funny, some sad.

The element of surprise (I doubt the bear ever expected to be pushed off a fence by a teenage girl) and luck prevailed for this young lady...I'm glad it turned out the way it did.