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Mom fights back in grizzly bear attack: ‘I’m not ready to leave my daughter’

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Vanessa Chaput , 24 , of Yukon , Canada , was attacked by a grizzly bear on June 30 .

Chaput was jogging with her German shepherd, Luna , when she was face-to-face with three bears.

Luna 's barking scared the bear away from Chaput and chased two smaller bears away.

The mom was hospitalized for 10 days , receiving more than 30 stitches.

Officials are conducting necropsies on the bears, which have “a mixed composition of ages and sexes” The government of Yukon referred TODAY.com to a tip sheet on how to behave around bears.

“I am very shocked at how lucky I am,” Chaput said.

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