VICTORIA - Joe Pendry used his experience as a boxer to fight for his life when a mother grizzly attacked him, grabbed him by the head and inflicted horrific injuries while he was hunting elk in British Columbia's East Kootenay region this month.

His wife, Janice Pendry, has described how her 63-year-old husband survived the attack that took place near Fort Steele on Oct. 2 when he was hunting elk and encountered the bear, which had two cubs.

Pendry says her husband shot the charging bear in the leg but it kept coming.

She says he punched and even bit the animal's ear as he fought for his life, suffering gruesome injuries that include his lips and part of his scalp being torn off, losing a finger and suffering many broken bones.

Pendry says her husband repeatedly punched the bear in th

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