14-05-2016 00:20 via alaskapublic.org

Bear mauling victim released from hospital

The University of Alaska professor who was mauled by a bear last month near Haines has been released from the hospital.
Forest Wagner. (Photo courtesy of UAS)Forest Wagner spent about three weeks at Providence Hospital in Anchorage following the April 18 attack. Wagner was leading a mountaineering trip on Mt. Emmerich when he encountered the bear. The other 11 people on the expedition were not injured.
Neither the university nor the hospital has released information about the extent of
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