US EditionUpdate: Bear Attacked Dog Before Biting Woman, 90, In NJ Dollar Store
Authorities euthanized a 175-pound female black bear after it bit a woman inside a store; the bear had shown erratic behavior earlier on a busy road, officials said.
- Wildlife officials euthanized a black bear that entered a Dollar General store and bit a 90-year-old woman's leg in Vernon Township, New Jersey, on September 16, 2025.
- The bear, weighing 175 pounds, had previously been seen acting erratically on Route 94 and had attacked a nearby business owner's dog before entering the store.
- Vernon Township police received multiple 911 calls about the bear behaving erratically and attempted to drive it away with rubber bullets, but it later entered the store and injured a customer, who was treated at a hospital for minor injuries.
- Footage of the bear's encounter in the store circulated on social media, while wildlife officials collected the bear's remains for rabies testing, which will take three to five days.
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A black bear terrorized shoppers at a New Jersey store on Wednesday, wandering the aisles and at one point biting or tearing a 90-year-old woman.
Bear wanders into NJ Dollar General, bites woman, is euthanized
A bear was euthanized after it wandered into a New Jersey Dollar General store and bit a 90-year-old woman before being led outside by a patron, authorities in Vernon Township said Wednesday. The 175-pound female black bear was first spotted “behaving erratically and moving in and out of traffic” Tuesday morning alongside Route 94, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection told the Bergen Record. Police fired rubber bullets at it, an…
Black bear euthanized in N.J. after biting woman inside Dollar General
A black bear that wandered through the aisles of a Dollar General store in Vernon on Tuesday and bit a woman’s leg was later euthanized by police, officials said. The woman was brought to an area hospital to be treated, the state Department of Fish & Wildlife said.
Black bear wanders into N.J. Dollar General store, bites woman
A black bear that wandered through the aisles of a Dollar General store in Vernon, New Jersey, on Tuesday and bit a woman’s leg was later euthanized by police, officials said. The woman was taken to a hospital to be treated, the state Department of Fish & Wildlife said.
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