French hunter, 70, in serious condition after bear attack

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A 70-year-old man hunting wild boar in a hillside forest in south-west France was left badly wounded after a female brown bear, who was reportedly with two cubs, attacked him before he was able to shoot the animal dead.

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A 70-year-old man has shot dead a brown bear in south-western France after it attacked and injured him while he was out hunting wild boar, reports BBC News.