A 10-year-old boy was attacked by a black bear while playing in his grandparents’ backyard in Connecticut on Sunday.
The attack happened at about 11 a.m. in Morris, a town of about 2,200 people northwest of Waterbury, the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) told reporters. The injuries were not fatal, and the boy is undergoing treatment.
The bear was fatally shot by police following the incident.
James Butler, the boy’s grandfather, said the child was playing near a trampoline when the 250-pound bear came in from behind the house.
“I heard him yell ‘bear’ and when I looked up, I saw his leg in the bear’s mouth and the bear trying to drag him across the lawn,” Butler told the Republican-American, a local newspaper….