A carabinieri soldier was attacked and slightly injured on Saturday evening, August 22, by a young bear in the province of Trentino, in northeastern Italy, according to information reported by the Italian press.
The man was taking a short walk in the mountain-surrounded commune of Andalo when the plantigrade unexpectedly emerged from a grove near a sports field and a campsite, the news agency reported Acted.
The bear of about two years and weighing 120 kilos knocked the man to the ground, inflicting slight injuries, underlines for its part the Ansa agency, which specifies that the animal was captured in the early morning while going eat near dumpsters.
The province of Trentino is inhabited by 82 bears, as well as by 13 packs of wolves, which sometimes make intrusions into inhabited areas or attack farm animals, regretted Sunday the Coldiretti, the main Italian agricultural union.