{"id":2827,"date":"2024-03-18T00:40:15","date_gmt":"2024-03-18T00:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/18\/woman-dies-after-being-chased-by-bear-in-slovakia\/"},"modified":"2024-03-18T00:40:15","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T00:40:15","slug":"woman-dies-after-being-chased-by-bear-in-slovakia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/18\/woman-dies-after-being-chased-by-bear-in-slovakia\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman dies after being chased by bear in Slovakia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/e3.365dm.com\/24\/03\/768x432\/skynews-slovakia-mountain-rescue_6493766.jpg?20240317224002&amp;resize=768,432&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Woman dies after being chased by bear in Slovakia\" title=\"Woman dies after being chased by bear in Slovakia\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component-name=\"sdc-article-body\" data-highlight-intro=\"true\">\n<p>A 31-year-old woman from Belarus has died after being chased by a bear in Slovakia&#8217;s Low Tatras mountain range.<\/p>\n<p>The woman was walking with a 29-year-old man when the couple came across the bear on Friday evening.<\/p>\n<p>The pair ran in opposite directions, and the man lost sight of the woman as she was chased by the bear, Slovak Mountain Rescue Service said.<\/p>\n<p>Rescuers with a dog and thermal imaging drones and a member of the Brown Bear Response Team immediately started scouring the area after mountain rescue was alerted.<\/p>\n<p>The woman&#8217;s body was discovered by a search dog at the bottom of a steep ravine.<\/p>\n<p>It is unclear how the woman died, whether she was killed by the bear or the fall.<\/p>\n<p>An investigation has been launched into the cause and circumstances of her death.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-article-image\">\n<figure class=\"sdc-article-image__figure\">\n<div class=\"sdc-article-image__wrapper\" data-aspect-ratio=\"16\/9\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"ui-media-caption\">\n        <span class=\"u-hide-visually\">Image:<\/span><br \/>\n        <span class=\"ui-media-caption__caption-text\">Members of the Slovak Mountain Rescue Service. Pic: Slovak Mountain Rescue Service<br \/>\n        <\/span><br \/>\n      <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Read more from Sky News:<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/mice-have-overrun-a-remote-island-and-are-feasting-on-seabirds-now-they-face-extermination-13095718\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mice have overrun a remote island &#8211; now they face extermination<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/manchester-two-arrests-after-man-dies-trying-to-stop-his-car-from-being-stolen-13097337\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Two arrests after man dies &#8216;trying to stop his car from being stolen&#8217;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The bear was still nearby when the body was found, and was scared off by the dog, shouts, and a warning gun shot.<\/p>\n<p>The man was found &#8220;scared but unhurt&#8221; at the top of the ravine.<\/p>\n<p>     <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/download-app\" target=\"blank\" data-tracking-label=\"ui-app-promo-download-link\" class=\"ui-app-promo sdc-article-widget\" data-type=\"\" data-component-name=\"ui-app-promo\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>The woman&#8217;s body was recovered from the forest and taken to the nearby village of Lucky.<\/p>\n<p>Bears are common in Slovak mountains. In 2021, a man was killed by a bear in central Slovakia, with local media calling it the first fatal attack in more than a century.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 31-year-old woman from Belarus has died after being chased by a bear in Slovakia&#8217;s Low Tatras mountain range. The woman was walking with a 29-year-old man when the couple came across the bear on Friday evening. 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