British woman, 72, mauled by a 耐える was saved by her '厚い M&S jacket' when animal sank its jaws into her arm as she took a photo in Romania
- Moira Gallacher said her arm was 'sore' but that she had been 'very, very lucky'
A British holidaymaker who was mauled by a brown 耐える in Romania was saved by her '厚い?M&S jacket', a friend has 明らかにする/漏らすd.
Moira Gallacher and her fellow tourist Charmian Widdowson were 運動ing on the Transf?g?r??an mountain road in Arge? 郡 on April 22 when they (機の)カム across a mother 耐える and its cub.
The 72-year-old from West Lothian was keen to get a picture with the animals, but to her horror one leapt up and tried to get in the car as she 負傷させる 負かす/撃墜する the window.
The predator clamped its jaws around her arm, with?Ms Widdowson explaining to The Telegraph: 'The mummy 耐える was hungry, and thought my friend was going to be lunch.'
Fortunately for Ms?Gallacher, her pal said, 'she was wearing a 厚い 示すs & Spence r jacket and the poor 耐える got more jacket than arm.'
![Moira Gallacher (pictured) was rushed to a nearby hospital and told local reporters her arm was 'sore'](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/04/24/16/83978687-13345957-The_bear_mauled_her_arm_while_she_was_still_in_the_vehicle_She_w-a-4_1713974007338.jpg)
Moira Gallacher (pictured) was 急ぐd to a nearby hospital and told 地元の reporters her arm was 'sore'
![After deciding she wanted to take a selfie with the bear, Ms Gallacher rolled down her car window but one of the predators had jumped onto its hind legs](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/04/24/16/83978685-13345957-After_deciding_she_wanted_to_take_a_selfie_with_the_bear_she_rol-a-5_1713974045974.jpg)
After deciding she 手配中の,お尋ね者 to take a selfie with the 耐える, Ms Gallacher rolled 負かす/撃墜する her car window but one of the predators had jumped の上に its hind 脚s?
The pensioner was 急ぐd to hospital, and 最終的に escaped what could have been a deadly 遭遇(する).
'I've been very, very lucky,' she said. 'The shock has 始める,決める in today but everything's 承認する now.'
に引き続いて the attack, the police 報道によれば organised themselves into several teams to 運動 the 耐えるs away from the area.
They also advised 居住(者)s and tourists to always keep a 安全な distance if 遭遇(する)ing animals in the wild.
After she was 負傷させるd she told 地元の reporters:?'We were in the car and we were going to take a picture and the 耐えるs (機の)カム up to the window.'
Speaking from her hospital bed, she 追加するd: 'I just 手配中の,お尋ね者 to take a picture of him.'
The の近くに 遭遇(する) comes after a terrifying 洪水/多発 of 耐える attacks across Europe, 含むing the death of a 走者 in Italy last year.
Andrea Papi, 26, is believed to have surprised the mother and her cubs as he was running along a woodland path in the Dolomites.
In Slovakia last month, a?Belarusian woman, 31, had bee n walking through the Low Tatras mountain 範囲 with a male companion before they were 始める,決める upon by a 耐える.
![The Scottish tourist, 72, was driving through on a mountain road in Romania when she came across two bears](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/04/24/16/83978689-13345957-A_Scottish_tourist_72_was_driving_through_on_a_mountain_road_in_-a-6_1713974050252.jpg)
The Scottish tourist, 72, was 運動ing through on a mountain road in Romania when she (機の)カム across two 耐えるs
によれば her male companion, he and the woman fled in different directions, into the surrounding 厚い forest and 法外な ravines.
Her 団体/死体 was discovered by the Slovak Mountain 救助(する) Service in March with the 耐える still nearby who was 脅すd off by gun 発射s from the 救助(する) team.?
Then just days later, a brown 耐える 抑えるのをやめるd its terror as it rampaged through the Slovakian town of?Liptovsk? Mikul??, and attacked two people, leaving them hospitalised.
A 49-year-old woman 支えるd an 傷害 to her shoulder, while a 72-year-old man was 扱う/治療するd for a gash on his 長,率いる after the pair were 的d by the beast.
A 10-year-old girl and two その上の adults 苦しむd scratches and bruises, 当局 said, while a couple 押し進めるing their child in a buggy were 'lucky to escape 無事の'.
![The brown bear had been captured on video running through the Slovakian town's streets](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/04/23/16/82955479-13339943-The_brown_bear_had_been_captured_on_video_running_through_the_Sl-a-34_1713886286418.jpg)
![The bear has now been shot](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/04/23/16/82955475-13339943-The_bear_has_now_been_shot-a-35_1713886286422.jpg)
The brown 耐える that wreaked havoc on the streets of Liptovsk? Mikul??, Slovakia, was 発射 dead on March 27
公式の/役人s then 宣言するd a 明言する/公表する of 緊急 and 地元のs were 勧めるd not to leave their homes while the predator remained 捕まらないで.
The brown 耐える was 発射 dead on March 27 に引き続いて a 10-day drone 追跡(する).?
耐えるs are ありふれた across large parts of Eastern Europe in the areas surrounding the Carpathian mountains, which stretch from Romania to Poland and pass through Slovakia.?
In 最近の years, there have been a number of 耐える attacks across Eastern Europe, 含むing a 致命的な attack in Slovakia in 2021.
The Slovakian 環境 省 said that together with Romania it will 提案する at the next EU 会議 of 環境 大臣s that 耐えるs should be reclassified on the 保護するd 種類 名簿(に載せる)/表(にあげる) because their numbers mean they aren't 危うくするd anymore and could be selectively culled.?