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Contractor mauled by wolf at Cigar Lake mine

Aug 30, 2016 | 1:35 PM

A mining company says a contractor at one of its sites in northern Saskatchewan is in hospital after he was mauled by a wolf.

Cameco says the 26-year-old victim was on his lunch break at the Cigar Lake uranium mine early Monday morning when the wolf made the unprovoked attack.

Company spokesman Rob Gereghty says a security guard scared the animal away.

“We were very fortunate the security guard was in the place where she was at the time of the incident. She took a number of steps to not only get the animal away but also to administer first aid.”