Butler Township woman released from hospital after bear attack, reunites with beloved dog

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  • Опубликовано: 6 мар 2024
  • A woman who feared for her life after coming face-to-face with a bear in her own yard was just released from the hospital. Only Channel 11 was there as Lee Ann Galante returned home on Thursday for the first time since the attack.
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  • @cydkriletich6538
    @cydkriletich6538 2 месяца назад +42

    Her sweet little fur baby looks like a little bear himself! So glad they are both okay. Good job, mom! 💙💙

    • @keryljensen978
      @keryljensen978 2 месяца назад +1

      I thought she was holding a bear cub. Lol!

  • @mice8791
    @mice8791 2 месяца назад +64

    I‘m happy for her. She is such a brave woman.

  • @whathappenedtomyYThandle
    @whathappenedtomyYThandle 2 месяца назад +38

    The dog look like a bear cub. Maybe the bear thought she was going to hurt the dog.

  • @mabella3437
    @mabella3437 2 месяца назад +34

    please do NOT let your dog out for pee without a leash ! So grateful you are both safe !

  • @carolinekinney2364
    @carolinekinney2364 2 месяца назад +26

    Oh that’s love. Her little smoky looks like a bear cub! How precious!

  • @Noneyasauce
    @Noneyasauce 2 месяца назад +46

    I watched an entire family exit their van last summer and approach a mother bear and 3 cubs outside of our rental cabin. Woman even put the baby on her hip to get a better look! I ended up honking my air horn to shoo the bears away and the family had the audacity to be mad at me 🤦‍♀️. I wonder how some people even survived as long as they have with zero common sense. I wouldn't doubt if these people did something similar. I watch black bears and their cubs play below the deck every year. They have never been aggressive. Respect their space and they leave you alone.

    • @r.mcbride2837
      @r.mcbride2837 2 месяца назад +8

      I hear you loud and clear. I can't count the numbers of times I've seen stupid people put themselves and/or their children in danger like this. Along the road to a large national park in California, cars lined up just off the road on the berm and were opening their windows - with small children - and feeding swarms of black bears and their cubs Oreos, potato chips, energy bars. Little kids shoving their sticky little fingers full of goodies out of the windows, into the bears' mouths. Fortunately, the park rangers came along and started issuing tickets, avoiding a horrible tragedy. I've seen those cute little black bear mommas hook their claws in the tops of the car doors and just rip the doors right off the vehicle. And those stupid, stupid people get mad if you tell them to stop.
      During one stay in Yellowstone, a obviously very ill cougar wandered into a packed campground site near the lodge. It was in bad shape, emaciated, panting, weak and obviously in pain. People swarmed out of their tents, taking picture with flash right in the animal's face, encouraging their kids to take it bowls of water, lunch meat, hot dogs, cookies, you name it. I just about had a coronary watching that and started yelling at them to back off, that it was sick. Of course, they got mad. One of our party ran to the ranger station. The rangers came fast and collected the animal and later euthanized it. They were nice enough to come tell us that they would have tried to save it, but it had massive tumors - terminal cancer, poor thing, and it was very old.
      Many is the time I've thought about how bad those situations could have been and it makes me break out in a sweat. Those stupid, stupid people seem to have no idea they dodged a massive bullet. If anything had happened? Well, of course, they would have blamed the animal, the rangers, the park, etc.

  • @DeannaWalsh
    @DeannaWalsh 2 месяца назад +13

    Am I the only one that thinks her cute little dog looks like a cute little bear?

  • @pohanahawaii
    @pohanahawaii 2 месяца назад +9

    🐻 Maybe the bear thought her dog was a bear cub too because he looks adorable just like one!

  • @user-gq2px3hr4u
    @user-gq2px3hr4u 2 месяца назад +20

    What a good mom

  • @PamelaTaylor
    @PamelaTaylor 2 месяца назад +23

    Glad She is Okay

  • @maryj2671
    @maryj2671 2 месяца назад +19

    Feel so sad that poor mama bear had to be put down. If you know bears are in your area , think twice then think again about going outside with out clanging on a pan or something first. Hope this lady and dog heal well.

    • @DeannaWalsh
      @DeannaWalsh 2 месяца назад +5

      She was just being a mama bear protecting her three cubs. What happened to the Cubs?

    • @c.a.6249
      @c.a.6249 2 месяца назад +3

      That’s sad for the mom bear why couldn’t they just relocate them

    • @DeannaWalsh
      @DeannaWalsh 2 месяца назад +1

      @@c.a.6249 Sadly, it’s probably because once an animal begins attacking people, they may likely do it again. Plus, the cubs can be taught that example too. I am speculating this bear may have been a local nuisance and this was a final event.

    • @evelynbeadling591
      @evelynbeadling591 2 месяца назад +1

      WHAT!!! she was only doing what most mama's do protecting her baby's

    • @lisamcdonald1014
      @lisamcdonald1014 Месяц назад +1

      Yep, mother black bears are fiercely protective of their cubs, hence the term “Mama Bear instincts”

  • @user-rz2cb1qd3l
    @user-rz2cb1qd3l 2 месяца назад +20

    AWWW, HOW PRECIOUS IS SMOKEY, THAT'S HER HEART , MAY SHE HAS A SPEEDY RECOVERY, GOD BLESS HER.

  • @ChristineInNornia
    @ChristineInNornia 2 месяца назад +5

    I’m watching this sitting between my two Pomeranians. What a brave woman, I’d do the same for mine🥰♥️

  • @sherryanimallover7506
    @sherryanimallover7506 2 месяца назад +6

    Yep we love our animals so much we will do anything to protect them. You are a very special lady. Your pup is so lucky to have you.
    ❤️🇺🇸🕊🙏✝️🐕✝️🙏🕊🇺🇸❤️

  • @user-uh2vx8df8z
    @user-uh2vx8df8z 2 месяца назад +6

    Thank God for saving your baby now 💞💞💞 💞💞💞 and you are safe now and you can get to see each other again and God is watching over you both now

  • @MichelleAngello-sm7cy
    @MichelleAngello-sm7cy 2 месяца назад +4

    Both Mamas trying to protect their babies.....This poor furbaby mama defended her baby boy and won even though sustaining multiple injuries, wasn't gonna let her baby doggie down.....❤❤❤❤

  • @chriserazmus2967
    @chriserazmus2967 2 месяца назад +11

    Glad she go home and Be careful there 😊

  • @lisaschreiber2893
    @lisaschreiber2893 2 месяца назад +3

    I am so glad they’re both ok

  • @zac1375
    @zac1375 2 месяца назад +17

    Isn't a bear usually named "Smokey" and some dogs are named "Bear"?🤔

  • @beatpirate8
    @beatpirate8 2 месяца назад +9

    now all three bears are orphans

    • @CryMeARiver63
      @CryMeARiver63 2 месяца назад +1

      Those cubs are old enough to survive on their own .

  • @mariatrevizo7189
    @mariatrevizo7189 2 месяца назад +5

    Es increíble lo que está señora hizo por su mascota, arriesgó su vida por el, es amor de verdad ❤

  • @sharonashcraft6358
    @sharonashcraft6358 2 месяца назад +2

    How precious

  • @Victoria-OneLove4AllPeople
    @Victoria-OneLove4AllPeople 2 месяца назад +3

    Bless Your Heart.💐

  • @hugasal2379
    @hugasal2379 2 месяца назад +1

    So happy for you and your precious baby!!!❤❤❤ God bless y’all

  • @kathleen7825
    @kathleen7825 2 месяца назад

    Very grateful she's and her little pup are doing well 🙏🐕💗

  • @MsPixi66
    @MsPixi66 2 месяца назад +2

    Brave lady ❤‍🩹

  • @lou196t
    @lou196t 2 месяца назад

    What a great mama. Kisses and hugs to Smokey❤🤗

  • @sandrarios4636
    @sandrarios4636 2 месяца назад +6

    LOVE❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @philip9566
    @philip9566 2 месяца назад +10

    I’m so glad she was discharged… I am still sad that the mamma bear was killed… I hope the bear cubs are okay

    • @CryMeARiver63
      @CryMeARiver63 2 месяца назад +2

      A article i read stated the cubs were released in a safe area that has plenty for them to survive.

    • @philip9566
      @philip9566 2 месяца назад +1

      @@CryMeARiver63 that’s good news… thank you for that

  • @susanfalla654
    @susanfalla654 2 месяца назад +1

    Good Dog Mama!♥

  • @jenniferthreefrog
    @jenniferthreefrog 2 месяца назад +1

    Amazing. ❤

  • @denisebourret9156
    @denisebourret9156 2 месяца назад

    Aaaaaawww ❤❤❤
    So happy they are okay. Mama Bear was just protecting her babies. Hope the authorities didn't put the Mama down.

  • @watsonspuzzle
    @watsonspuzzle 2 месяца назад

    I'm glad mom saved her little baby and lived to tell the tale.

  • @seviregis7441
    @seviregis7441 2 месяца назад +1

    What a wonderful woman. She shouldn’t live there and certainly not alone anymore. God bless her and I pray someone opens their doors to her, or comes to live with her, or that she moves. I don’t know how else she could protect herself from bears in that area because it could happen again.

    • @juneelle370
      @juneelle370 2 месяца назад

      You just have to be really careful at night in rural areas… step out with a spotlight and dogs on leash

  • @annalewis3356
    @annalewis3356 2 месяца назад +1

    Smokey has a baby bear face, am glad she is okay .

  • @anglophils645
    @anglophils645 2 месяца назад +2

    That dog looks like a bear cub. I expect that that mother bear thought that an outsider cub was about to attack one of her cubs. The woman should not have let her little dog outside by himself, without her presence. Black bears are normally shy. The mother bear would not have come close to the house, had she seen the woman standing out there. This was totally the woman's fault.

  • @righteousbyfaithinChrist
    @righteousbyfaithinChrist 2 месяца назад +1

    Wow! She and her dog both survived a bear encounter...

  • @Periwinkleblue.
    @Periwinkleblue. 2 месяца назад

    In this case, this lady was the "mama bear" protecting her little "cub". Amazing coincidence her little pup not only looks like a bear cub but is named "Smoky" like "Smoky the Bear". So thankful everyone is safe and this story had a fairytale ending. ❤❤❤😊

  • @dianaradford1040
    @dianaradford1040 2 месяца назад +8

    That dog is so small she could use pee pads to a void a second time a bear may show up.

  • @susanbrown5004
    @susanbrown5004 2 месяца назад

    ❤ I think it's "mummy's little boy"❤️🐕‍🦺🐾be well❤

  • @glamdolly30
    @glamdolly30 2 месяца назад

    This was two momma bears fighting to protect their cubs! I hope the mother bear wasn't killed - she was just doing what mothers of vulnerable babies do.

  • @unclesham5507
    @unclesham5507 2 месяца назад

    Super lucky. That dog almost resembles a bear cub. I bet that bear was extra salty.

  • @lilybond6485
    @lilybond6485 2 месяца назад

    Dog looks like a little bear cub.

  • @deoneforpeace
    @deoneforpeace 2 месяца назад +1

    🙏 💞 💖

  • @bryantsnider3908
    @bryantsnider3908 2 месяца назад +5

    Are bears in the area all the time

    • @zac1375
      @zac1375 2 месяца назад +2

      It is believed that bears are in 75% of Pennsylvania's counties but can be found throughout Pennsylvania.

  • @susanfalla654
    @susanfalla654 2 месяца назад

    Jillian, you have beautiful hair!🌺🙂

  • @carolynwheaton8547
    @carolynwheaton8547 2 месяца назад +2

    Good bye Smokey.🏃🏻.

  • @emaulinecox5543
    @emaulinecox5543 2 месяца назад +1

    I never let my dog out alone. I use a leash. I’m glad mom and dog are ok I hope the momma bear and her cubs are left alone. If she had wanted to kill the little pup, she would’ve

  • @cindyfabich7309
    @cindyfabich7309 2 месяца назад +1

    Her little dog looks like a bear!

  • @karenbisset4753
    @karenbisset4753 2 месяца назад

    Wow❤😮

  • @alleynealisleem9777
    @alleynealisleem9777 2 месяца назад

    ❤🙏

  • @stevi6236
    @stevi6236 2 месяца назад

    ♥️♥️❣️♥️♥️

  • @sofakingcute9804
    @sofakingcute9804 2 месяца назад

    So glad you and your adorable dog are ok. Sorry they killed that momma bear and took her cubs.

  • @mercymonroe83
    @mercymonroe83 2 месяца назад

    🙏🏻💜🤲🏻

  • @trade4123
    @trade4123 2 месяца назад +5

    The lady who was attacked probably was trying to feed them she thought at a safe distance.If a investigation is done they need to look at her phone.IF she did there's video.
    A lot of people get hurt trying to be "one with nature" then claim, I don't know why it attacked me.

    • @CryMeARiver63
      @CryMeARiver63 2 месяца назад +1

      The woman let her dog out to pee at 8:30 that night and the momma bear went after her dog , the woman went after the bear to save her dog .

  • @evelynbeadling591
    @evelynbeadling591 2 месяца назад

    I don't think the bear would have hurt the little pup it looks too much like a baby bear cub not to mention his name is Smokey 😊 Smokey the bear 🐻Lol 😂 all you need now is yogi 🐻 and boo-boo🐻

  • @mortalclown3812
    @mortalclown3812 2 месяца назад

    And PLEASE restrain your pets in the car - no matter how short the trip.
    Our vet was telling us how airbags kill dogs every day. Even if someone hits us at only 30 MPH, the pet becomes a missile.
    We love them like our kids. ❤😊
    Thank you for getting this message out!

  • @Arthur_King_of_the_Britons
    @Arthur_King_of_the_Britons 2 месяца назад

    Barely survived!

  • @frozenrogue8970
    @frozenrogue8970 2 месяца назад

    Stupid to risk your life fir a dog.

  • @beatpirate8
    @beatpirate8 2 месяца назад +4

    we cant be bear free in the forest. we are on their land. keep your dog away from
    a
    mother and her babies.
    otherwise you cause the death of a bear mother and now
    3 bears are orphaned. they wont learn how to forage or hide they will
    not thrive and also be killed by
    humans. we are such assholes

    • @judithsixkiller5586
      @judithsixkiller5586 2 месяца назад +2

      Migrating , hungry or curious bears ,cougars and coyotes can be drawn for miles by the smell of food in a home or outdoor trashcans, as well as bybthe scent of humans and house pets.
      If you don't have justified reason or evidence that she was feeding those bears tvictim. Yhen you probably shouldn't say hateful things about a vulnerable victim.

    • @CryMeARiver63
      @CryMeARiver63 2 месяца назад +2

      That bear was in her yard not the other way around. As for the cubs ....they are old enough to fend for themselves .