Bear mauling 911 call: Shes breathing and shes bleeding hard April 15, 2014|By Stephen Hudak, Orlando Sentinel Oh my God! Terri Franas frantic wails can be heard in the background of a 911 call as her son explains to an emergency dispatcher Saturday night that his mother has just been mauled by a 200-pound Florida black bear. As Frana cries in distress, her son tells the Seminole County Sheriffs dispatcher, She came in screaming. She said a bear attacked her. Authorities released the dramatic recording this afternoon as state wildlife officers killed two more of the animals, bringing to seven the number of black bears put down since Frana, 44, was mauled at her home on Brackenhurst Place in the gated Carisbrooke community. Soon after the initial call, the victims husband, Frank Frana, took the phone from his son. Shes awake. Shes breathing. Shes just traumatized. Shes breathing and shes bleeding hard, he said. Do you have an ambulance dispatched? Responding to the dispatchers questions, he said the bears are off in the woods. They were in the garage. There were three of them. Deputies who arrived at the home about 8 p.m. saw the garage door open, trash containers knocked over and garbage, including food scraps, strewn about the garage floor and driveway. Terri Frana, who thought the beast was trying to drag her into the woods, was mauled on the scalp, right arm, abdomen and right leg, according to a sheriffs report, also released today. In the wake of the attack, state wildlife officers called on the public today to help them slow the alarming march of bears into Central Florida neighborhoods by offering a reward for tips leading to the arrest and conviction of anyone providing food to the animals. This is very abnormal, Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission spokesman Greg Workman said of the bears behavior in Carisbrooke, where the agency has set three baited traps. We feel its time to open it up and see if theres something weve been missing. Tipsters can contact FWCs Wildlife Hotline at 1-888-404-3922. The amount of the possible reward was unspecified. Florida law forbids intentionally placing food or garbage for black bears or causing the animals to become a nuisance. State law also forbids feeding other wild animals, including alligators, raccoons, pelicans and sandhill cranes. The second-degree misdemeanor is punishable by up to 60 days in jail and a $500 fine. A bear that finds easy access to food in neighborhoods can grow comfortable around people. That appears to have happened in Carisbrooke and other parts of Orange, Lake, Seminole and Volusia counties, where some bears have become brazen. Gail Brody said she had a very near miss with a black bear in her garage in January. They are getting more brazen and more frightening by the day, said Brody, who resides in Lake Forest, a gated development located on State Road 46 west of Interstate 4. They are frequently seen in our yards or walking down the street. This [is] way too close for comfort.
Posted on: Wed, 11 Jun 2014 16:46:21 +0000
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