[pct-l] Black bear attack / second article

[Don Billings]

(07-02) 16:06 PDT    
ELDORADO NATIONAL FOREST, Calif. (AP) --


State wildlife officials say a man camping with his wife in Eldorado 
National Forest is recovering from wounds suffered from a bear attack.

A spokeswoman for the California Department of Fish and Game says the black bear slashed the man's face after rummaging through his ice chest around 2 a.m. Friday at a campground near Union Valley Reservoir.

Spokeswoman Kirsten Macintyre says before slashing the man, the bear 
rushed the unidentified man and knocked him down.
Macintyre says the man, who was armed with a .45-caliber pistol, 
fired a shot at the bear when the animal rushed a second time. It is not clear if the bear was hit.
The man required 26 stitches after the attack.

The campground where the attack took place is in a remote area about 
60 miles northeast of Sacramento.