The reckless moment a teenage girl confronts a mother bear in defense of her pets

A 17-year-old was confronted with a mother bear who was about to enter the garden of her home with her cubs in California, in the western United States. The fact was captured by home security cameras and after being posted on social media caused a great stir.

In the video you can see how the huge animal balances across the garden wall. At once the girl’s four dogs notice the intruders’ presence, so they rush to try and scare them away with their barking. It was not enough and they ended up putting themselves in danger.

The mother bear, anxious to protect her cubs, felt threatened and slapped the larger dog three times with her claws and injured it on the last attempt., forcing the dog to back away. The little animals kept barking and trying to jump off the wall, keeping the bear tense and ready to attack.

This is when the young woman Hailey Morinico, 17 years old, came on the scene to try to protect her puppies and ended up adopting a reckless attitude towards the bear.

“When I went over there to see what they were barking I was like ‘he’s a funny looking dog'”Morinico said in a video uploaded to the TikTok social network. “And by the time I got there the bear literally wanted to take one of my dogs. She’s the baby and I have to protect her ” added.

The teenager managed to repel the bear: “The only thing that occurred to me was pushing the bear, pushing a predator. To be honest, I don’t think he pushed her so hard. I just pushed her hard enough to lose her balance. So he released my dog ​​and I ran away from there ”, Morinico clarified on his social networks.

After the large animal fell off the wall and the puppies left the house, the teenager carried the smaller puppy in her arms like it was an American football and quickly ran into his house. By that time, the other three pets had already left the garden and were also entering the house, according to Morinico.

The girl later confessed that she injured the index finger of her left hand and scratched one of her knees while trying to push the bear. “I twisted my finger when I pushed it but nothing else happened, I’m fine”said Morinico.

Experts suggest avoiding such behavior and not confronting wild animals like bears, some of the recommendations that are normally made are: Try to stay calm, don’t run or scream, bears roar when being assaulted and if someone is screaming they can understand it as a threat so they can try to defend themselves. In the event of an obligation to run, that is to say to enter a nearby shelter (cabin, house, car), in the event of persecution, it is advisable to throw away clothes or a backpack, this may ‘Stop. In an extreme situation, the best suggestion is to cover your head and play dead.

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