A three-year-old girl who was attacked by a black bear while sleeping in a tent in Yellowstone over the weekend has been photographed.
Madison Findley-Dickson was attacked by the predator and taken to a hospital in Billings on Saturday.
In an image shared by mother Carly Findley-Dickson via a GoFundMe page, The young woman can be seen sleeping in a hospital bed with what appears to be a head wound.
Her mother wrote on the fundraising site: ‘On Saturday, August 10th at 9:00pm, my precious daughter Madison was attacked by a black bear while camping while she was sleeping.’
Fish, Wildlife and Parks officials revealed that the family’s tent had many “unsafe attractants” that could attract bears, including unsealed food and drink, trash bags and soiled diapers.
Three-year-old Madison Findley-Dickson was attacked by a bear in Yellowstone on Saturday night.
The camp was evacuated and traps were set in the area with a bear believed to have been involved later captured and euthanized on Monday.
Madison Findley-Dickson’s parents, Carly and Jake
She added that she was starting the GoFundMe “for medical and gas bills for when we get back home,” noting that “my husband is currently starting a new job and needs financial help due to Madison having tons of upcoming medical appointments for her recovery.”
Carly has currently raised $3,285 of her $5,000 goal.
This comes after wildlife officials in Montana euthanized a black bear they believe attacked and injured the 3-year-old girl.
Madison and her family had been staying at Perry’s RV camp, just north of Yellowstone National Park.
The campsite was They were evacuated and traps were set in the area where a bear is believed to have been involved, which was later captured and euthanized on Monday afternoon.
File image: A large adult (male) wild boar makes its way through the grass. Yellowstone National Park
The young woman was in a tent at the Perry RV park, just north of Yellowstone National Park.
The wildlife agency recommends keeping food, trash and anything that smells out of tents and storing them in bear-resistant containers or vehicles.
According to the North American Bear Center, there are an estimated 750,000 black bears in North America.
Yellowstone is home to two species of bears, the black and the grizzly, and is one of the few areas outside of Canada where bears coexist.
Park regulations state that people must stay at least 100 yards away from bears, unless they are in their cars.
In May of this year, Shayne Patrick Burke, 35, suffered serious injuries as a result of an attack in Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming.
He revealed in an Instagram post how he was in the “wrong place at the wrong time” when a mother grizzly bear attacked him.
The adult animal had been protecting its cub, he said, resulting in a brutal attack that the combat veteran said was the “most violent” thing he had ever experienced.
Burke revealed in an Instagram post how he was in the “wrong place at the wrong time” when a mother grizzly bear attacked him.
He attributed his life to a can of bear spray, administered as the beast bit his hands, legs and neck, nearly killing him in the process.
The attack, he added, occurred on Signal Mountain, an isolated peak that sits about 7,720 feet above sea level in Grand Teton National Park.
While there, searching for a great grey owl to photograph for an hour, he had a “surprise encounter” with the brown bear, he wrote online.
After investigating the incident, the National Park Service (NPS) said it would not attempt to capture or kill the grizzly bear, as the animals are typically only aggressive when they feel threatened, especially when it comes to their young.