Saturday, May 10, 2014

Friends of bear victim created desperate bid to halt deadly attack

FRIENDS and colleagues of the Irish lady mauled by a bear in North American country frantically tried to daunt the large animal from assaultive her victimization hearth extinguishers and water cannons.Lorna Weafer (36) was killed once she was attacked by a black bear in solid ground in Canadian province, Canada, on Wed.






    Ms Weafer had emigrated to North American country over thirty years past along with her oldsters, and had managed to carve out a sure-fire career within the industry.
It was confirmed that AN investigation into however the tragic death occurred has currently been launched by Canadian officers.
Lorna's oldsters Margaret and Frank, originally from Drimnagh and Finglas, aforementioned they were still coming back to terms with the horrific attack.
"Lorna's heat and compassion knew no bounds. She had a busy full life, admired her family and her dog," they aforementioned during a statement. "She was talking concerning going back to review and become a man of science as a result of she admired serving to folks – she'd have helped anyone.
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"She are going to be greatly lost by her family, and her several, several friends. We'd prefer to recognise the co-workers WHO tried to assist Lorna. thanks from all-time low of our hearts."
Lorna's friends and colleagues urgently tried to scare the bear away with flares, hearth extinguishers and water cannon also as blasting air horns once it had attacked her whereas she was commencing of a conveyable john.
The horrific attack was unmotivated, in step with witnesses WHO aforementioned the bear repeatedly came back – eventually killing Ms Weafer.
Alberta activity Health and Safety authorities caterpillar-tracked down and killed a black bear yesterday and tests were being conducted to work out if it absolutely was constant bear WHO attacked the instrument technician.
Lorna was conjointly associated with Irish actor Alan Eugene O'Neill, star of hit TV series 'Sons of Anarchy', WHO took to social network sites, along side friends of Ms Weafer, to pay his respects. A special tribute page on Facebook has conjointly been established.
Attacks by black bears, that ar usually additional docile than alternative bears, ar terribly rare. The last fatal black bear mauling in Canadian province is believed to possess been in 1991 once a 12-year-old boy was killed at a camping ground.
And in 1980, 2 oil-rig employees were killed by a black bear close to pitched battle Lake.

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