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Woman mauled by bear in rural Kern County will recover
Bill Curtis By: Bill Curtis
9:59 PM Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008
A Kern County woman mauled by a bear underwent 10 hours of surgery and is expected to recover. A friend reports 57-year-old Allena Hansen was "lucid, active and probably pretty sore" after undergoing surgery yesterday for serious cuts to her head and face.



Authorities say wildlife trackers and game wardens will use dogs to hunt the bear, which will be killed if caught. Hansen has a ranch in the tiny rural community of Twin Oaks, near Caliente. She was walking in heavy underbrush on her property with her dogs when she was attacked by a brown bear that could have weighed 200 pounds. Hansen's English mastiff may have tried to defend her because it suffered some scratches. An Irish wolfhound was unhurt. After yesterday's attack, Hansen drove herself three miles to a fire station and was airlifted to the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center.


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