"The bear charged at the woman and swiped at the back of her knee as she was walking her dog along Oakglade Drive around 9:20 a.m. Saturday, according to Monrovia Police Lt. Kevin Oberon. A neighbor responded and helped scare the bear away, and the woman was treated for non-serious injuries, police and city officials said."
"Local CDFW officials, as well as those working at state offices in Sacramento, determined the two incidents which caused human injury were sufficient justification to euthanize the bear, according to state policy."
"The Monrovia City Council requested and lobbied for the bear and her cubs to be relocated into the Angeles National Forest but the decision was never the City's to make."
A female bear attacked a woman walking her dog in Monrovia on Saturday, swiping at her knee and causing non-serious injuries. DNA evidence connected this bear to a June incident where it swiped an elderly man on his porch. California Department of Fish and Wildlife officials euthanized the mother bear based on state policy, determining two human injury incidents justified the decision. Monrovia city officials had requested the bear and her two cubs be relocated to Angeles National Forest instead, but the decision was made before the city could advocate for alternatives.
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