2008, 2009, 2010 Bears in the News

Following are some of the latest reported bear/human encounter news stories. The most recent articles are added to the top of this list.
Last updated on March 10, 2010.

Must say no to grizzly hunt
Calgary Herald
Rather than reaching for a gun as a first resort for defence, try this: keep the brain engaged, carry pepper spray -- which is the safest and the most ...

Bear attack at Manitowoc Zoo
Fox11online.com
MANITOWOC (AP) - A zoo in Manitowoc was shut down for the day after a bear bit off at least two of a woman's fingers. Police say the 47-year-old had gone ...

Yellowstone bears begin emerging from hibernation
Salt Lake Tribune
Keep food inside cars or bear-proof containers. And keep an eye out for bears. Yellowstone officials say pepper spray is a proven last line of defense ...

Grizzlies leaving dens in parks
Jackson Hole Daily
... reported seeing bears or bear tracks, prompting park officials to warn visitors to be alert and begin carrying bear pepper spray in the backcountry. ...

A Natural View
West Yellowstone News
Because of wolf kills in the northern part of the park, it's possible for a few bears to be active, so it's time to start carrying pepper spray while ...

Efficacy of Bear Deterrent Spray in Alaska
effective bear deterrent. Findings by Herrero and Higgins. (1998) regarding the efficacy of .... of-life by arming employees with bear deterrent sprays in ...

10 Deadly Animal Attacks
AOL News
Nash lost her hands, lips, nose and eyelids in the attack. She is now blind. A grizzly bear named Rocky, who appeared in the Will Ferrell movie "Semi Pro," ...

Officer kills 600-pound bear who reportedly charged him, wildlife official
North Lake Tahoe Bonanza
"Lackey attempted to tranquilize the animal under the building but the bear charged at him," the release reads. "He then used bear spray and the dogs to get ...

Deputy shoots bear that charges him near Tahoe
San Jose Mercury News
It made the surprise attack on the Washoe County deputy after it emerged from its makeshift den and wildlife officials shot it with a tranquilizer dart. ...

Law change allows guns in national parks, including RMNP
The Coloradoan
The best way to defend yourself against a black bear in Rocky Mountain National Park isn't to shoot it, Magnuson said, but to pack bear spray and prevent ...

TJ Watt Exclusive Interview Canadian Landscape Environmental Photographer
Bloginity (blog)
As far as protection goes, I do carry a knife on my side for general safety and sometimes keep bear spray with me but I have yet to have to use either so ...

Spring Planning
New York Times (blog)
My certainty was based on a mid-December bear attack. I had crawled into bed at about midnight only to hear the all-too-familiar rumble of hive boxes being ...

Susan Pope
The Southeast Review Online
In summer, we pack our bear spray when hiking or biking on miles and miles of trails. In winter, we ski with eyes scanning the dark shadows for cranky moose ...

Bill calls for protecting people over wildlife in Anchorage
Anchorage Daily News
Now he sees three to five every year and in 2008 found a bear near his chicken coop. He shooed it off with pepper spray, he said, but neighbors are scared. ...

Keeping Black Bears Away from Treats Such as human trash in national parks
Softpedia
At this point, a combination of pepper spray and throwing rocks, or firing rubber slugs, is the most common approach to removing bears from a human-occupied ...

Bear chases man after being shot with tranquilliser dart
Telegraph.co.uk
A she-bear attacks a man, who tries to give her a sleep-inducing drug in Chorzow village, Poland, 29 January 2010. Photo: EPA The female bear had been ...

Bear Attacks Plane, Pilot Flies Duct-Taped Plane Home
Gizmodo Australia
That picture: After the attack, our noble pilot called in a buddy to deliver some new tyres, sheet plastic and a whopping three cases of duct tape. ...

VIU conservation expert outlines risks of animal attack
Nanaimo News Bulletin
The lecture and slide show from 7-8 pm will include real-life attack examples, followed by questions and answers. Merriman has conducted grizzly bear attack ...

Jones: It's us vs. Ursus Americanus
Salt Lake Tribune
28, a man was mauled and injured by a bear while sleeping in a tent in Desolation Canyon. Unfortunately, the bear was shot and killed by the victim's family ...

Cougar kill closes Lady MacDonald trail
Canmore Leader
The best way to be proactive towards cougars is to carry bear spray. Look behind you every so often when out walking. Don't run if you see a cougar or that ...

Monrovia Under Attack From Bears
NBC Los Angeles
By OLSEN EBRIGHT Bear-related incidents in Monrovia have swelled and now the city council is working to attack the problem. ...

Gun rules in national parks kick in Feb. 20
The Missoulian
In Glacier, management still recommends carrying bear spray as a "proven and effective deterrent for aggressive or charging bears," Vanderbilt said. ...

Gun rules in national parks kick in Feb. 20
The Missoulian
In Glacier, management still recommends carrying bear spray as a "proven and effective deterrent for aggressive or charging bears," Vanderbilt said. ...

Bizwatch: Wilderness Wonders gallery in Vail Village
Vail Daily News
I take a lot of precautions, of course: We carry bear spray, sleep with an electric fence around camp, never approach bears, and more. ...

Eight injured in bear attack
Press Trust of India
Balasore (Orissa), Dec 23 (PTI) At least eight persons were injured, four of them seriously, when a bear attacked them at Malyani village, about 20 km from ...

Twitter / Lacyann Darroll: Lake Tahoe: Bear Repellent ...
Lake Tahoe: Bear Repellent Spray Is A Must For Campers!

Woman injured in bear attack
Press Trust of India
Dehra Dun, Dec 20 (PTI) A woman was injured in a bear attack in Tharali area of Chamoli district, officials today said. Kamla Devi, a resident of Devrara ...

Loss of pine seeds puts Yellowstone grizzlies' survival in question
Billings Gazette
to carry bear spray in grizzly country be enacted. This is smart policy, since bear spray has been proven to be far more effective than firearms in ending ...

Bear attack in Longwood
WDBO Radio
By Mike Synan @ December 11, 2009 5:14 AM Permalink | Comments (0) That man was getting out of his car in Longwood when the bear swiped him. ...

PETA Calls On Feds to Revoke License Following Bear Attack at Chief Saunooke ...
PETA (press release)
Asheville, NC -- Today, in the wake of reports that a 75-year-old woman was attacked and seriously injured by a bear at Chief Saunooke Bear Park, ...

Man injured in bear attack
Orlando Sentinel
"The suspect is a black bear," Hill said. Rescue crews took the victim to Florida Hospital Altamonte with lacerations to one eye and his nose, reports show. ...

Officials Euthanize Bear That Attacked Man
WFtv.com
Florida Fish and Wildlife officials euthanized a black bear, tat attacked a Longwood man. The attack happened last Thursday outside David Stramm's home in ...

NC park worker recovering after bear attack
WNCT
A public safety official says he believes a black bear was behind the attack. That bear is still in its cage. Despite what happened, Clapsaddle says she's ...

Bad news bear: Hudson hunter in hot water for killing grizzly he says he shot ...
Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier
Glen Fortsch, left, and friend Dan Miller, both of Hudson, were involved in a bear attack while hunting elk in Wyoming. (RICK TIBBOTT / Courier Staff ...

Story of Tenn. bear attack that killed 2-year-old boy to air on Animal Planet ...
Kingsport Times News
The bear tore at her neck, tossed her aside and grabbed her daughter, Elora Petrosek, 6. The little girl didn't survive the shattering attack, ...

Woman killed, another injured in bear attack
Press Trust of India
Dehra Dun, Dec 4 (PTI) A woman was killed while another injured seriously in a bear attack in Thalisain area of the district, official sources said here. ...

Story of Tenn. bear attack that killed 2-year-old boy to air on Animal Planet ...
Kingsport Times News
The bear tore at her neck, tossed her aside and grabbed her daughter, Elora Petrosek, 6. The little girl didn't survive the shattering attack, ...

Polk County Bear Attack Survivor Featured on Animal Planet
WTVC
Susan Cenkus and her son, Luke, and daughter, Elora, were hiking near the Chilhowee Campground near Benton Falls when they were attacked by a black bear. ...

The day I survived a very grizzly bear attack:As long as I live, I will never ...
Daily Mail
If a black bear attacks, however, back away as gently as possible. And if that fails, fight back with everything you've got. (None of the advice mentions ...

Retired Police Officer Recovers From Bear Attack
WJZ
Read more in our Privacy Policy Jerry Ruth was attacked by a bear last summer. There's an update about the retired Baltimore County police officer attacked ...

A grisly tale: Palermo man mauled by bear said fellow hunters saved him
Enterprise-Record
Sanders has received hundreds of calls and e-mails about the attack from friends, people and media sources everywhere, he said.

Man seriously injured in bear attack after climbing into zoo enclosure
Daily Mail
The other bear in the 6000 metres squared enclosure, Finn's 10-year-old sister Bjoerk, was not involved in the attack. Both the man and Finn are currently ...

On the trail again
Explore Howard County
I tell myself that he doesn't scare me, and continue on the trail—with bear spray aimed and ready to fire. I make it through safely. ...

Grizzlies On the Move, Back On to the Wide-Open Prairie
New West
Madel, a firm believer in the value of carrying bear spray, has successfully retarded bear charges three times in his line of work. ...

Mandatory bear spray bill to be drafted
Pinedale Roundup
However, the suggestion has re-ignited the debate on the effectiveness of bear spray. “I'm not suggesting that people don't carry firearms,” said Weichman, ...

The Polar Express
Newsweek
By Sana Butler | NEWSWEEK Armed with 12-gauge shotguns, pepper spray, two-way radios, and noise flares, two guides met us at the unpaved landing strip on ...

'No malice' in bear attack, Miracle Beach man says
Vancouver Sun
By Christina Wiens, Canwest News ServiceNovember 12, 2009 10:54 AM A Miracle Beach man bears no malice toward a black bear that swiped the top of his head ...

Tribesman survives bear attack, loses eye
Jakarta Post
... regency after being mauled by a bear Wednesday. Solai, 30, lost an eye and suffered from bites and scratches all over his body following the attack in ...

Bear not mean, just hungry says Vancouver Island man who was attacked
Vancouver Sun
Even after the attack Ed Claydon, says he doesn't feel the bear meant him any particular harm. He didn't even ask the conservation officers to attend. ...

Baby alpaca missing from Schuylkill farm was eaten by bear, owner says
Allentown Morning Call
A June 2008 bear attack on an alpaca farm near Wausau, Wis., left one of the animals dead, according to news reports. Deangelo said the state Game ...

Do we need guns in National Parks?
Examiner.com
Fortunately, a Montana man didn't feel the same way when he was attacked by a Grizzly bear in the Cabinet Mountains (not a National Park but it could happen ...

Family canine killed after attack by neighbor's dog
Vineland Daily Journal
The Tedescos said they bear no grudge against their longtime neighbors, calling it an accident. The women said their neighbors had apologized and were very ...

Hunter survives bear attack at Mud Bay
Cordova Times
"I was heading out for the weekend for a deer hunt with Curtis Jeppsen and was doing just that when a big startled brown bear head rose in front of me about ...

Be Bear Aware, Please!
Island Park News
Hikers, campers, hunters — all recreationists — should use care and be familiar with how avoid encounters in bear country. • Always carry bear pepper spray, ...

Bear mauls, kills two high-ranking separatists hiding in cave in Kashmir
New York Daily News
Though the men were armed with AK-47 machine guns, "the attack seems to have been so violent that both the militants got no chance to fire back at the wild ...

Bear kills Kashmiri militants hiding in its den
USA Today
Don't attack other readers personally, and keep your language decent. Use the "Report Abuse" button to make a difference. Read more. ...

Bear kills two militants in Valley hideout
Kashmir Live
“We suspect that one militant who was injured in the bear attack escaped from the hideout,” Ahmed said. “We have launched a search for him”. ...

Bear spray bill on the way
Jackson Hole Daily
Weichman also cited two studies that show bear spray is more effective than bullets at preventing injury to humans during a bear attack. ...

Bill To Require Bear Spray For Wyo. Recreationists
cbs4denver.com
Read more in our Privacy Policy Bill To Require Bear Spray For Wyo. Recreationists JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) ― Teton County Attorney Steve Weichman says he's ...

Grizzlies Relisted Reaction
KULR-TV
The ad ends with this admonition, “Remember, always hunt with a partner and carry and know how to use bear spray.” Bruscino added, “There's a recent study ...

Be armed with bear spray before heading outdoors
Montana's News Station
Anyone who's in bear country enjoying the outdoors will want to consider means of protection. Experts suggest bear spray and Choteau is one of the last ...

Bear attacks, kills pigs in Augusta County
Staunton News Leader
Webb, an animal control officer with the county, went out Saturday to the Mount Solon area farm to assess the situation and determined a bear had killed the ...

Bear kills two top Hizb militants in Kashmir
Hindustan Times
“The attack seems to have been so violent that both the militants got no chance to fire back at the wild animal” Col Brar added. ...

Bear Kills Livestock In Augusta County
WHSV
He and other local farmers are worried that bear will attack more animals in the area. Senger says, "I've talked to several local farmers and they say that ...

Be bear aware
Big Sky Weekly
Here are a few important safety tips for hunting in bear country: • Always carry bear pepper spray, have it close at hand, and know how to use it. ...

Coyote attacks Canmore family's pet
Calgary Herald
1 thing people can do to protect themselves from this type of situation is to always carry bear spray or pepper spray. "Carrying pepper spray is a prime ...

One killed, another injured in bear attack
Press Trust of India
Srinagar, Oct 30 (PTI) An elderly man was killed and another seriously injured when a wild bear attacked them in Bandipora district of Jammu and Kashmir, ...

Young musician dies from coyote attack
TheChronicleHerald.ca
"It's just too dangerous, anything can happen — moose, bear . . ." Officials are at a loss to explain what may have caused this tragic animal encounter. ...

Coyote attacks dog, bear visits OLS
Canmore Leader
“People should be carrying bear spray,” Wiebe said. “It will deter bears, cougars, coyotes and aggressive ungulates.” On Tuesday afternoon, a large black ...

Bear breaks into Red Lodge nature center
Billings Gazette
The assault on the two mule deer was the second bear attack this month at the wildlife exhibit, which is popular with school groups and area visitors. ...

Paradise Valley hunter mauled by grizzly bear
The Bozeman Daily Chronicle
Frey said the department will discuss Sunday's attack with both hunters, but from what he knew so far, it appeared the bear was just running away from one ...

Sound Off for Oct. 28
Torrington Register Citizen
What is a sleeping child doing to provoke a bear attack? There have been other such unprovoked bear attacks going back farther than that. ...

Bulgarian hunter survives attack by brown bear
Sofia Echo
Apostol Terziev, 49, from the village of Malevo in Smolyan municipality, survived a horrific bear attack that left him hospitalised with wounds to the head, ...

Mount Pleasant couple's 'Amazing Dog' survives bear attack
Journal Times
Roxie is recovering from a bear attack last weekend, in the woods behind their place near Crivitz. The dog spent several days in animal hospitals in Racine ...

MT FWP offers hunting outlook
Montana's News Station
And the FWP is reminding hunters in grizzly bear country to take bear spray with them. Tests show it's 92% effective in close encounters, while firearms ...

Fully Focused: Zina Kocher
CTV Olympics
Zina Kocher, one of Canada's top hopes in Olympic biathlon, has trained in the summer packing bear spray with her, in case of grizzly encounters in the ...

Hunters urged to use caution in bear areas
Billings Gazette
•Always carry bear pepper spray, have it close at hand, and know how to use it. •If you are going to be alone in bear country, let someone know your ...

Bear attacks White Swan hunters
The Free Press
Early on Friday Oct 16 Conservation Officers attended the area of the attack, posted the area with signs informing the public of an aggressive bear and at ...

Skating bear kills trainer
The Sun
It is believed the horrific attack, in Bishkek, Russia, happened in front of a large audience including children. One witness said the bear "tore Potapov's ...

Bear activity prompts closure of Aunt Molly near Ovando
Great Falls Tribune
Hunters should be prepared by thinking ahead about what they would do in the case of an encounter, and should carry and know how to use bear spray. ...

Bear spray: It works
Casper Star-Tribune Online
One of the best tools available to help us enjoy outdoor activities is bear spray. It's as essential as a rain jacket and good boots. ...

Barkhamsted Man Who Wounded Bear Files Suit Over Being Charged In Incident
Hartford Courant
Marrella said it was "very rare" for a black bear to attack a person. Generally, they are shy and seek to avoid human contact. "In fact," she said,

Expert explains away common fears so Pocono families can enjoy forests
Pocono Record
Keeping your dog on a leash could help to prevent a black bear attack. Unleashed dogs aggravate black bears. "If a black bear is approached by a barking dog ...

BC hunters on the mend after grizzly bear attack
The Canadian Press
Within seconds, Hebert was trying desperately to load his rifle as a grizzly bear chomped down on him and hunting buddy Ken Scown and tossed them around ...

Two BC hunters survive grizzly bear attack
Edmonton Sun
By TARINA WHITE, Sun Media Nursing bite wounds inflicted by a grizzly bear, two BC hunters are thankful to have survived a harrowing attack inside their ...

Bear attacks two sleeping BC men
CBC.ca
(CBC) Two Nelson, BC, men are recovering from wounds suffered in a grizzly bear attack earlier this week. Jeff Hebert and Ken Scown were on a hunting trip ...

iPhone saves woman from bear
Reg Hardware
By James Sherwood • Get more from this author An woman in America has survived a potentially deadly bear attack thanks to a knife a handgun first-class ...

Hunter Shot By Friend During Mont. Bear Attack
cbs4denver.com
Bear Attack LIVINGSTON, Mont. (AP) ― A hunter attacked by a grizzly bear in southern Montana also had the misfortune of being shot in the arm by a companion ...

Hunters: Take extra precaution in bear country
Helena Independent Record
"Statistically carrying bear spray is better than carrying a pistol for personal protection in bear country," Madel says. An April 2008 article in a ...

Desolation Canyon bear attacks may be linked to drought
Deseret News
The bear was later tracked and killed. That incident followed an attack on a man on the opposite side of the river 10 months earlier. ...

Sweet-Toothed Bear Trashes Hot Dog Stand Dumpster
TheDenverChannel.com
The DOW has already set up a pepper-spray booby trap. "When the bear pulls on the bait, he gets a shot of bear-spray right in the face. ...

Pheasant hunter kills charging grizzly bear
Great Falls Tribune
Hunters also should carry bear spray in case they do encounter bears, he said, noting the spray scares off the bears. "This situation that happened ...

Bears among us: Too close for comfort?
TheNewsTribune.com
Now, he said, encounters are regular enough that he usually carries bear spray. Part of it could be shifting perceptions. From Bicentennial Park north ...

Bear attacks teen bike racer
Bellingham Herald
"But I'm thinking we should buy some bear spray." Hendrik Van Hemert and Connor McCoy knew about the attack before they left the Hilltop parking lot for a ...

Snow increases human-bear conflicts
Cody Enterprise
G&F recommends sportsmen hunt with a partner and encourage carrying bear spray, as well as knowing how and when to use it. And when it comes to felled game, ...

Grizzly facts are available
Casper Star-Tribune Online
One of the most common misconceptions of hunters is that "bear spray is not effective." It may not be a misconception -- it may be that they choose to ...

Bird hunter kills sow grizzly north of Choteau
Choteau Acantha
Hunters should carry bear spray and should avoid dense, brushy patches, where bears could be bedded down. They should also be on the look out for bear scat ...

Oroville hunter, 83, hospitalized after bear mauling
Contra Costa Times
Following the attack on Sanders, Orr said the bear proceeded to attack another hunter in the party. That hunter shot the bear with a rifle, Orr said, ...

Bear visits on rise in residential areas
The Northwest Florida Daily News
To avoid harm or provoking a bear to attack, residents should be aware of what to do after they spot the animal, Parker said. Don't run; it could cause the ...

Cyclist saves bear attack victim
road.cc
But Alaska endurance cyclist Peter Basinger had to forget about the competition and instead save a girl who had been mauled by a bear. ...

A Long, Melancholy Roar
New York Times
This paper also includes some information about bear and wolf attacks in Kashmir. For tigers killing people in Bangladesh last year, see this article. ...

Man attacked by bear near Cooke City
Billings Gazette
... Resort after a report that a man's arm had been badly injured in a bear attack, according to information released by the Park County Sheriff's Office. ...

Mauling victim recounts attack on city trail
TheNewsTribune.com
Feliz, a marathon runner, had been avoiding Far North Bicentennial Park for the last month because of the brown bear attack on a 15-year-old biker in late ...

Cyclist's cool thinking saved bear attack victim
TheNewsTribune.com
... dumped in the bushes along a Far North Bicentennial Park trail early Sunday morning, the thought of a horrific bear attack never even crossed his mind. ...

Trail closed; attack sparks debates
TheNewsTribune.com
But national television news programs were trying to contact the Davis family on Monday to get the bear attack story. Contact Daily News Outdoors editor ...

Pheasant & antelope season open
Big Sky Weekly
FWP urges hunters to carry bear spray throughout the hunting season, including the remainder of bow hunting season. “Carrying bear spray while hunting is ...

Soldotna photographer fights bear-baiting charge
Anchorage Daily News
The offending episode, "Giant Bear Attack," first aired in September 2008. According to a synopsis on Oltersdorf's personal Web site, the show was to ...

'Grey's Anatomy': Bears, bones and big sad eyes
Los Angeles Times
We kicked off with Alex heading out of the trailer he's sharing with Izzie... only to encounter a bear. Yes, a bear. A giant, lumbering, roaring bear, ...

One injured in bear attack
Republica
ILAM, Oct 9: Harka Singh Rai of Jogmai-2 was critically injured after being attacked by a bear on the way to his home from Jogmai-7 on Thursday. ...

Muskies look tough despite defeat
Black and Magenta
... off the numerous clouds that marked the sky over the Muskingumpitch, the Muskies had an equally tough time fending off the Polar Bear attack early on. ...

Wild Animal Permits Questioned After Bear Deadly Attack
WFMZ-TV Online
A family is dealing with losing a wife and mother after a deadly bear attack in Monroe County last night. Officials say Kelly Ann Walz, 37, was mauled to ...

Game and Fish recommends steps to avoid bears
LocalNews8.com
The department suggests always keeping a clean camp, carrying bear pepper spray at several locations around camp, carrying bear spray while hunting and ...

Hunters Should Demand How-To-Use Bear Spray Demos
New West
By counterbart, Unfiltered 10-09-09 How is a big game hunter supposed to use bear spray quickly and safely while holding a rifle? ...

Mom black bear charges hiker on Mission Creek Greenway
BCLocalNews
Making noise like talking or singing as you hike, or wearing bear bells to signal the bears that humans are in the area. Carry a whistle and/or bear spray. ...

Hiker has brush with bruin in Mission Park Greenway
Kelowna.com
Also carry a whistle and bear spray. * Keep your dog on a leash, so your puppy doesn't scare up a bear and lead it back to you. * If you do see a momma bear ...

Fatal bear attack: State has requirements for granting exotic pet permits
Pocono Record
Others saw the attack and called for help, at which point a neighbor shot and killed the bear. Walz, who once worked at a New Hampshire animal breeding ...

Woman killed in bear attack
Press Trust of India
Srinagar, Oct 8 (PTI) A woman was today killed in a bear attack in Anantnag district of South Kashmir, 70 kms from here police said. ...

PA woman killed by bear
Examiner.com
At some point the bear turned on her and attacked. Her children and neighbors children saw the attack and called for help. A neighbor shot the bear as it ...

Hunters, Use Bear Spray, Help Save Your Sport
New West
Bear spray offers much more "personal protection" than handguns, so use it. Every encounter between hunters and grizzlies resulting in a dead bear not only ...

Should Hunter Who Killed Grizzly Bear Be Prosecuted?
New West
Should Westmoreland have held fire until the bear charged? A US Fish & Wildlife Service “fact sheet” titled Bear Spray vs. Bullets says that “experienced ...

Kulgam Man Injured in Bear Attack
Kashmir Observer
Srinagar: A man was injured in a bear attack in south Kashmir's Kulgam district, police sources said. They said that Ghulam Nabi Dar son of Abdul Razakt of ...

Officials suggest ways to avoid nuisance wildlife problems
Orlando Sentinel
One week a Heathrow man reports an attack by a Florida black bear looking through his trash can for food. And the next week an elderly Lakeland woman gets ...

Neighbor recalls bear attack victim who loved animals
Pocono Record
Teddy, Kelly Ann Walz's 350-pound black bear, fatally mauled her when she went in to clean his cage. The Walz children saw the attack and ran to Castone's ...

PA Woman Killed in Bear Attack
KEYC
A Pennsylvania woman was killed by her *pet bear.*It happened at the victim's home in Ross Township Sunday night.Officers say thirty-seven year old Kelly ...

Kelly Ann Waltz killed by pet bear in Ross Township, PA
Tech Banyan (blog)
Never look a bear in the eye, don't run away, and making loud noises may startle them into attacking. Keeping bear spray with you is helpful if hiking or ...

Woman Killed In Bear Attack
WNEP-TV
According to state police, Kelly Walz, 37, was killed when she entered a cage with a 350 pound black bear. It happened around 5 pm Sunday at the victim's ...

Bears brazen on base
The News Herald
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission spokesman Stan Kirkland said there's never been a recorded black bear attack on a human in Florida, ...

BEAR ATTACK REPORTED IN MONROE COUNTY
WFMZ-TV Online
Emergency officials in Monroe County are reporting a bear attack outside a home in Ross Township. A 69 News crew is on the scene now. We're told the attack ...

350-pound bear mauls woman to death in Ross Township
Pocono Record
The deputy coroner van followed by a state police investigator arrive at the scene of an black bear attack at a home on Dogwood Lane in Ross Township on ...

Out & About
The Spokesman Review
Bear spray can be used quickly, accurately and with a higher effectiveness rate than guns. Moreover, using pepper spray instead of bullets could spare ...

Annual Elk Hunt Scheduled to Begin in Grand Teton National Park Oct 10
National Parks Traveler (blog)
Scientific studies indicate that bear spray is more effective than bullets in defusing a potentially life-threatening, bear-human encounter; bear spray ...

Angora goat killed at Red Lodge nature center
The Missoulian
Jeff Ewelt, the center's executive director, says last year a black bear got in and killed a llama. After the bear attack, fencing around the north end of ...

One killed, two injured in bear attack in Poonch
Press Trust of India
Jammu, Oct 3 (PTI) One person was killed and two others were seriously injured when a bear attacked them in a remote village of Poonch district in Jammu and ...

In Aspen, it's the year of the bear
Los Angeles Times
The first bear attack in Aspen this year happened late Aug. 18, when a woman was startled by a 400-pounder that smashed through French doors into her home ...

Relocated Canmore area grizzly killed
Canmore Leader
Then, in early July, the bear was sprayed with bear spray in the Three Sisters campground, was captured and relocated a second time to northwest Alberta. ...

Program emphasizes respect for bears
Wethersfield Post
Carry a bear deterrent, such as pepper spray or an air horn. Make noise so you don't surprise a bear. If you're out bird watching and don't want to be noisy ...

MNR advice on bear control impractical
Sudbury Star
Maybe the My Sudbury officials, along with the MNR, can put a can of bear spray in those shiny new green boxes. We had a bear roaming our neighbourhood ...

Hunter charged with illegal grizzly bear kill
KIVI-TV
The report says Westmoreland was covered in blood because he'd just gutted a deer, and, fearing that the bear would attack him if it got closer, ...

Vail woman scares away bear in her home with pillow
Los Angeles Times
The pillow attack worked. Rebehn said the bear fled to another room of the home, where Rebehn lives with her son's family. Police eventually chased away the ...

Grizzly Bear Chomps Down on Hunter's Arm in Alaska
FOXNews
Department of Fish and Game biologist Phil Mooney visited the site Monday, looking for clues to what triggered the attack and for signs of a wounded bear. ...

Recommendations for use of bear spray
Laurel Outlook
The Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee recommends the use of bear spray and reminds hunters and others that despite its proven effectiveness, ...

Charges in bear death
Jackson Hole Daily
Long said Westmoreland was armed with a .270-caliber rifle and a .44-caliber pistol but was not carrying bear pepper spray. “[Westmoreland], knowing he was ...

Pocono Hunting and Fishing: crossbows, bear attack and deer crashes
Pocono Record
After a long summer break, we're back to bring you hunting and fishing news from the Poconos and beyond. Sports Editor Mike Kuhns is writing columns every ...

Endangered Grizzlies
Outdoor Life Magazine
Require hunters to pass a grizzly bear identification and behavior exam. Require backcountry hunters to carry and know how to use bear spray. ...

Oktoberfest - End of Season - Bear!
Seattle Post Intelligencer
Thankfully the bear also did not feel threatened and attack. I've heard a lot of stories from people who have seen bears up here, but this was my first time ...

Sitka hunter fends off grizzly attack
KTUU
AP - September 29, 2009 3:34 PM ET SITKA, Alaska (AP) - A grizzly bear attacked a Sitka deer hunter, who managed to fend the animal off by clubbing it with ...

A face-to-face confrontation between grizzly and hunter in ...
ESPN
Had this bear, or any of the others I have had close encounters with in Alaska over the years, wanted to attack, we would have likely lost the battle. ...

Alaska hunter fends off grizzly attack in Sitka
Pocono Record
Department of Fish and Game biologist Phil Mooney visited the site Monday, looking for clues to what triggered the attack and for signs of a wounded bear. ...

Vail woman scares away bear in her home with pillow
Colorado Springs Gazette
The pillow attack worked. Rebehn said the bear fled to another room of the home, where Rebehn lives with her son's family. Police eventually chased away the ...

Hunters open fire on bears
Daily Inter Lake
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks recommends that hunters carry pepper spray for self-defense. Bear sprays have proven effective for deterring bears in ...

Man survives brown bear´s attack
www.romaniantimes.at
A man survived a brown bear's attack yesterday (Mon) while he was picking mushrooms in a forest in the mountains in Arges county in southern Romania. ...

Grizzly bear relisted as 'endangered'
Sublette Examiner
They had responded to the scene before daylight and investigated what took place and concluded the attack was natural aggressive behavior. ...

Black bears raid homes of the wealthy in Aspen after berry shortage
Times Online
Keep your pack on for protection in case of an attack • If you have no spray, there are two possible reactions. In a “defensive attack”, when the bear has ...

Woman treated at hospital after pet bear attack in Pickens County
Anderson Independent Mail
They were in separate cages when the male bear attacked the woman, he said. The department is investigating the attack, McCullough said, to determine ...

At a Glance: News Briefs
Planet Jackson Hole
The department suggests these guidlines: Hunt with a partner, carry bear spray, bear-proof your camp, pack and remove "downed" game right away, ...

399 cub may be dead
Jackson Hole Daily
Skaggs said it behooves hunters to use bear spray, instead of a gun, to fend off an aggressive grizzly. “Use of bear pepper spray to deter a bear is ...

Ask Zimo: Where does the money from wolf tags go?
IdahoStatesman.com
Carry bear spray. Although there is a debate on whether bear spray works on a cougar, it's better than nothing. ® Cougars are more likely to be on the move ...

Judge puts grizzly bears back on the list
Island Park News
... encouraging people to keep human food services away from grizzlies, and asking hunters to use bear spray if they encounter aggressive bears in the field ...

Bear Mauls Man in Banihal
Kashmir Observer
This is the second bear attack in Banihal in less than a month. Early this month, a bear had attacked and injured three people, one among them critically at ...

Woman injured in bear attack
Chennai Online
Srinagar, Sept 24 A middle-aged woman was today seriously injured when a bear attacked her in Pulwama district in Jammu and Kashmir, police said. ...

Methuen warns residents to be wary of bear
Boston Herald
Lt. Greg Gallant said the bear did not appear hostile or aggressive, but they have been known to attack humans if harassed. Police are asking residents to ...

Judge says Yellowstone grizzlies still at risk
IdahoStatesman.com
"That means making sure people keep clean camps and yards, carry bear spray and are prepared to stay safe in grizzly country." Federal and state agencies ...

Glacier Spur Road closure extended
Juneau Empire
Forest Service officials issued a road closure order Friday evening to allow a bear sow a cooling off period after she was sprayed with pepper spray. ...

Mad Moose runners not fazed by bear warnings
Prince George Citizen
“I was very lucky because there were two ladies behind me and they told me they had bear spray. I try to run every day. People ask me what I'm training for ...

Hunters Being Warned to Watch for Grizzly Bears
KECI-TV
Officials say all hunters should carry bear spray. They say it's more effective than a gun. They also recommend hunting with a partner and removing the ...

Bear rampage in Japan
Alaska Dispatch
Wildlife officials say that such attacks are extremely rare and that the bear had probably been panicked. Read the story complete with mid-attack video (for ...

Villager injured in bear attack
Press Trust of India
60-year-old Ghulam Hussain was seriously injured in the bear attack at Neel village, about 190-kms from Jammu, in Ramban district last night, they said. ...

Wild bear attacks group of tourists – watch the video
Mirror.co.uk
The black bear can be seen launching a vicious attack on one helpless man as others look on in horror. A police officer who bravely stepped into help the ...

Bear encounter closes Juneau road, trails
Victoria Advocate
Rangers used horn blasts to separate the bear from the tourists. When the sow lunged at a ranger, it was sprayed with pepper spray. The bear and her cubs ...

2009 Bear Spray Campaign Endangers Hunters, Grizzlies
New West
By David Smith, New West Unfiltered 9-20-09 For years, the centerpiece of Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee's bear spray campaign has been a simple slogan: ...

Montana official warns of grizzly bear encounters | KXNet.com ...
Reiten Television KXMB Bismarck
He also says hunters should carry bear spray because it can be used quickly and accurately and is more effective than guns at preventing bear attacks in ...

The coldest summer night
CNYLink from Eagle Newspapers
Oh, and don't forget the bear spray. The group soon found all of those items came in handy. “The weather that day was heavy rain with hurricane force winds

Bear Attacks Horse At Aurora Boarding Facility
cbs4denver.com
(AP) ― A 500-pound black bear attacked a horse at a private boarding facility in the southwest Denver suburbs, wildlife officials said. ...

Tourists Hurt in Bear Attack
NTDTV
Passengers and staff fled in terror as the bear savaged anyone caught in its path. Nine people were injured — four of them seriously in the attack in ...

River bottom grizzlies spark warnings to hunters
Great Falls Tribune
The active ingredient in bear spray is an extremely strong irritant to the eyes, nose and throat. "It works better," said Tom Smith, a professor of wildlife ...

Bear mauls horse in metro area
9NEWS.com
AURORA - It's rare enough for a bear to attack a horse, but this bear is believed to have traveled about 90 miles from the mountains before it had its ...

Black bear attacks tourists in Japan
Times Online
However no-one suffered life-threatening injuries during the attack, which lasted about an hour. A photograph from the scene showed the bear mauling a prone ...

Man escapes grisly death by fending off grizzly-bear attack
Calgary Herald
By Stuart Hunter, The ProvinceSeptember 16, 2009 2:18 PMComments (3) Rory Chapple, an auto-body worker from Fort St. John, fought off a grizzly bear with ...

Bear attacks Colorado homeowner!
NewYorkInjuryNews
Colorado personal injury information-Colorado Division of Wildlife confirms another bear attack in Aspen. Aspen, CO–The Colorado Division of Wildlife ...

Quebec woman dies after bear attack, car accident
The Gazette (Montreal)
MONTREAL - A man fought off a bear to save his wife on an isolated forest path in La Tuque only to have a car accident rushing her to the hospital, ...

Montreal woman dies after bear attack
CBC.ca
An autopsy will be performed on the woman to determine whether the bear attack or car accident caused her death. Quebec wildlife officials are now trying to ...

Bear attacks tourists at bus station in Japan
AFP
Four men were seriously injured in the attack in Takayama, Gifu prefecture, Kyodo said, quoting local police After the attack, the bear, which was about 1.3 ...

CROP Walk set for Oct. 4
Independent Observer
Stenerson popped off a few photos and then as the bear got up on two feet and looked up the stand, he got out his bear spray. However, he didn't need it, ...

Bear roaming Dularge has a taste for Cajun food
WWL
... animals that just love to eat and as far as a threat to humans, I would say there has never been a documented bear attack in Louisiana," said Samaha. ...

Sheep herder recovering after grizzly attack
Salt Lake Tribune
Wyoming Game and Fish Department officials say a sheep herder is expected to fully recover from injuries he received when he was mauled by a grizzly bear in ...

Column: Hunters: Think grizzly and be prepared
The Western News
Hunters should carry and know how to use bear spray. In sudden grizzly bear encounters, bear spray has been shown to be a reliable tool at deterring or ...

Bow hunter uses arrow to fight off grizzly
Vancouver Sun
... who is president of the Fort St. John archery club, said he plans to return to the Kechika River next year and has already bought a can of bear spray. ...

Bow hunter uses arrow to battle grizzly
CBC.ca
But next time he goes hunting, Chapple said, he won't hunt alone, and he'll bring bear spray. Conservation officers said this is only the second bear attack ...

Fort St. John man survives grizzly attack
Prince George Citizen
However, fighting back usually increases the intensity of an attack, but in some cases it has caused the bear to leave. -- If you have bear spray, use it. ...

Dog Saves Man From NorCal Bear Attack
CBS 5
Read more in our Privacy Policy AP A brave dog is being credited with saving her owner from a bear attack in Calaveras County. Mike Stricklin was hiking ...

Man escapes grisly death by fending off grizzly-bear attack
Calgary Herald
By Stuart Hunter, The ProvinceSeptember 16, 2009 2:18 PMComments (3) Rory Chapple, an auto-body worker from Fort St. John, fought off a grizzly bear with ...

Polar bear attack
NOW Toronto
Polar Bear's second album and another project, Basquiat Strings With Seb Rochford, were nominated for Mercury Prizes, an honour usually reserved for indie ...

Bear attacks Colorado homeowner!
NewYorkInjuryNews
Colorado personal injury information-Colorado Division of Wildlife confirms another bear attack in Aspen. Aspen, CO–The Colorado Division of Wildlife ...

Momma bear, two cubs call Weld grove home
Greeley Tribune
He said normally bears do not attack humans and avoid dogs. However, there have been many instances this summer when bears got into homes in the mountains. ...

Bears in our backyards
Asheville Citizen-Times
A bear attacks at lightning speed, requiring humans to be able to protect themselves quickly. Pepper Power was developed by a grizzly bear attack survivor. ...

Grizzly mauls sheepherder; kills dogs, sheep
Sublette Examiner
Mesa used pepper spray – twice – to drive the bear away from Tejeda and then called Thoman for help. Thoman said giving her sheepherders guns to shoot ...

A bear of a problem in Aspen
Aspen Times
July 26: Male bear in Aspen, breaking into locked homes. Aug. 19: Male bear, involved in attack on Aspen homeowner. Shot by DOW officer after avoiding a ...

Bear attack came while Aspen couple ate dinner
Glenwood Springs Post Independent
Thursday's attack is the third bear vs. human incident this summer. On Aug. 17, Maureen Hirsch was attacked in her home in the Castle Creek drainage near ...

Fish & Game targets hunters
Island Park News
The reason for this recommendation is to ensure sufficient protection in a variety of bear charge/attack situations such as: More than one bear charging/ ...

Search For Bear In Aspen Home Attack Thursday Night
KRDO
ASPEN - The victim of a bear attack in Aspen Thursday night is getting treatment for his non-life threatening injuries. The bear which attacked him has not ...

Breaking News: Another bear attack in Aspen
Aspen Daily News
Passion always surrounds your key causes, whether they are intellectual or emotional. Today, you demonstrate how you can, by sheer spirit, make what you ...

Search For Bear In Aspen Home Attack Thursday Night
KRDO
ASPEN - The victim of a bear attack in Aspen Thursday night is getting treatment for his non-life threatening injuries. The bear which attacked him has not ...

Outdoors briefs
Helena Independent Record
Madel recommends that hunters, especially archers, carry bear spray instead of a sidearm in bear country where they can easily encounter a bear in dense ...

Elk rut starts, bears still around
Canmore Leader
People should carry bear spray and keep their dogs on leash when they are in the forest, he said. “Grizzly bear 107, who was in the Carrot Creek area, ...

Dog survives bear's attack
Bonner County Daily Bee
That's what happened last week, when a 10-year old Labrador retriever apparently startled a bear in the Gold Mountain area of Sagle and walked away with ...

Bears in backyard bad for us, worse for them
Prince George Citizen
Bear spray also comes in handy, but make sure you know how to properly use it. Call 250-565-6140†or 1-800-663-6140 for a conservation officer if you require ...

Aspen confronts bolder bears looking for food
The Associated Press
It's a 550-pound black bear and it nearly fills the entire cage wildlife officers set for him in the driveway of one of the homes. The bear starts huffing ...

Coyotes put some in neighborhood on edge
Stockton Record
The 81-year-old retired anesthesiologist now carries a can of self-defense spray when he walks the levee with his dog, Hero, each morning. ...

Bear and Lion Attacks 2009
Examiner.com
... rock, stick, pepper spray or any object like the lucky ex-marine who happened to have a chainsaw. http://www.aws.vcn.com/mountain_lion_fact_sheet.html ...

Campaign seeks to stem killing of grizzlies
Fox12Idaho
... thousands of warning signs will be posted and hunters and hikers will be encouraged to use pepper spray instead of firearms when approached by a bear. ...

Hungry grizzly bears force partial closure of Cardston park
Calgary Herald
Visitors will continue to have access to Police Lake and lakeshore trails, but are encouraged to travel with bear spray. ...

Bear scare closes park
Lethbridge Herald
People will still have access to Police Lake and lakeshore trails but Alberta Parks officials said park visitors should carry bear spray and know how to use ...

Campers forced to grin and bear it
Calgary Sun
Visitors can access Police Lake and lakeshore trails but are urged to travel with bear spray and be prepared to use it while those camping should properly ...

Survival tips for rafting and bear attacks
Product Design & Development
Since this encounter, I did some research on how to handle a bear attack. I would like to share my findings with you so that you will be prepared should the ...

Bear fence set up at Baffin Island campground
CBC.ca
The 2.1-metre fence surrounds three tent platforms at the Soper Lake Campground, which was the site of a vicious polar bear attack in 2001. ...

Bears wander higher for food sources
Canmore Leader
... originally from Houston, Texas, said. “Tim, who is from Chelsea, England, kept a cricket bat, bear spray and a megaphone in the tent with us.”

Grizzly bear activity causes closure of natural area, part of ...
Calgary Herald
... access to Police Lake and lakeshore trails but an Alberta Parks news release said they are encouraged to travel with bear spray and know how to use it.

Father Kills Bear to Save Son
Ethiopian Review
The bear—a dark-brown, 500-pound avalanche of teeth, claws, and muscle—reached Ron Jr. in seconds. With no firearm or bear spray, he had only his bow to ...

Two killed, three hurt in bear attack
Express Buzz
The series of attacks left the people scared, who killed the bear and blocked the road demanding compensation and steps to keep away wild animals from human ...

Black bears edge closer to Steamboat for berries
Steamboat Pilot
Yell or throw small rocks in the direction of the bear. ■ Get out your bear spray and use it when the bear is about 40 feet away. ■ If you're attacked, ...

MNR reminding residents to be wise around bears
parrysound.com
Carry and have readily accessible a whistle or air horn, and bear spray. • Consider carrying a long-handled axe, particularly if you are in “back country” . ...

Utah Family Fights Off Black Bear Attack
Field and Stream
A 78-year-old man was hospitalized Friday with injuries he received when he was attacked by a black bear in a remote area of eastern Utah. . . . statement ...

Bear killed by wildlife agents after encounter
Denver Post
Colorado recorded its third fatal bear attack since 1971 on Aug. 7 when a 74-year-old woman was killed by a bear feeding on her property near Ouray.

Alberta grizzly hunt decision delayed
CBC.ca
Quentin Bochar, Alberta Fish and Game Association A fatal attack on a person by a grizzly bear last winter near Sundre, Alta., and recent attacks by bears ...

Camper attacked by black bear
Deseret News
Several hours before the attack, between 6 pm and 6:30 pm Thursday, the bear first appeared in the camp area but was scared off after a shot was fired into ...

Man, 79, recovering bear attack
Salt Lake Tribune
By Brett Prettyman Photo courtesy of the Downard family Lou Downard suffered several deep gashes when he was mauled by a black bear near the remote Rock ...

Man attacked by bear in eastern Utah
LocalNews8.com
A DWR spokesman says the man's grandson shot the bear after the attack. The animal ran off, but its body was found later Friday morning.

Bear spotted in Guindon Park
Standard Freeholder
There are also noisemakers and bear pepper spray available to ward off bears through the mnr's Bear Wise program. Darlene Walsh has been on edge since she ...

Human food-conditioned bear put to death
Island Park News
... how to hike, fish, and hunt safely in bear country, how to use bear pepper spray, and how to tell the difference between black and grizzly bears. ...

Bear attacks: how to avoid them, how to survive them
Examiner.com
When Lou Downard and family stopped for the night at Desolation Canyon along the Green River, they weren't expecting a bear attack. ...

Another Virginia Tech tragedy rekindles a debate on guns
Examiner.com
It is also well documented that bear spray (capsicum or pepper spray) is used far more often than a firearm when dealing with a potential bear attack. ...

Glacier National Park grizzly deaths
Los Angeles Times
... hiked there — including in the bear-intensive Many Glacier region — I've used "bear bells" to warn of my presence and carried a canister of bear spray. ...

Bear suspected in Aspen attack killed by wildlife officers
Grand Junction Sentinel
By PAUL SHOCKLEY/The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel An adult male bear weighing more than 400 pounds was shot and killed Wednesday night by state wildlife ...

New demands, new limits
CBC.ca
During week four we were in Tumbler Ridge, BC, also known as bear country. We had our bear educational session, gathered our bear spray, ...

Bear encounters require tough action in Colorado
Fox 31 KDVR.com
... pepper spray and rubber buckshot, and installing electric fencing around hard-hit towns. Future bear behavior will depend on the availability of natural ...

Be respectful while enjoying Alberta's outdoors
Alberta Talks
Travel with bear spray in bear habitat and know how to use it. Mountain bikers are encouraged to avoid bear habitat at this time of year, as bears are quite ...

Colorado Wildlife gets smarter than the average bear
Denver Post
Wildlife officials say hundreds of clashes this summer in mountain towns — including a fatal attack, a mauling and myriad break-ins — require an aggressive ...

Wildlife officers kill black bear blamed in Aspen attack
Aspen Times
ASPEN — The bear that attacked an Aspen woman in her home earlier this week returned to the scene of the crime, where he was shot and killed Wednesday night ...

4 injured in bear attack
Times of India
NIZAMABAD: Four persons were injured when a wild bear attacked them in Bodhan mandal on Thursday afternoon. Two of the seriously injured persons have been ...

Dogs in fatal attack rounded up, euthanized
CNN
"It would be the same as we would relate to a grizzly bear." Dogs kill an average of 10 to 20 people each year in the United States, Beaver said. ...

2 bears killed in Glacier National Park
The Associated Press
Over the years, bear managers have tried numerous ways to get the bear to stay away from people. But pepper spray, rubber bullets, specially trained dogs ...

Bear attacks woman in Aspen home
Aspen Daily News
This is the first reported bear attack in Aspen since 2007. It is the second bear attack in Colorado this summer. Earlier this month a 74-year-old woman was ...

Bear attack in Aspen home
The Times
ASPEN, Colorado - Authorities say a bear forced its way into a home in the Rocky Mountains ski resort town of Aspen and attacked the homeowner, ...

Aspen woman falls victim to bear attack
Summit Daily News
“This was an unprovoked attack and, if located, the offending bear will be put down. Bears that break into secured homes and bears that are aggressive ...

Listen to the 911 call of bear attack in Aspen
Examiner.com
Bear activity is heating up in the mountains, as colder night air signals to Colorado's black bears that it's time to start planning for hibernation. ...

Threatening bear shot, killed in Frazier Park
Bakersfield Now
... wife had left the area, the bear then turned its attention to the husband -- and was directing itself and approaching the husband. I only assume to attack."

Wildlife officers seek bear that attacked Aspen woman in her home
Sky Hi Daily News
ASPEN — The Colorado Division of Wildlife is investigating a bear attack that injured an Aspen homeowner in her home Monday night. ...

Plan to kill griz attracts protests, but Glacier official says ...
The Missoulian
And so rangers worked with private contractors to teach the bear some manners. They rousted her with pepper spray and rubber bullets, and shotgun shells ...

Bear mauls bowhunter
Record-Searchlight
While Huff was taken to Mercy Medical Center in Redding, DFG Warden Paul Cardova and one of his friends found the bear dead near where the attack occurred. ...

Grizzly sow in Glacier will be killed
The Missoulian
... a part of their bear management program." Conditioning - aversive conditioning - is the art of teaching bears "no." Sometimes it means pepper spray, or, ...

Grizzlies attack Calgary-area donkey ranch
Calgary Herald
Ealey said crews usually warn neighbours if a bear attack happens, and it is unclear why Killam wasn't notified. Crews remained on the lookout for the bear ...

Himalayan black bear attack mother, daughter
Press Trust of India
Nainital, Aug 17 (PTI) A mother and her minor daughter were attacked by a Himalayan black bear in Alchona village, 36 kms from here. ...

Bear kills Alberta woman's prize donkeys
Calgary Herald
A bear was caught early Saturday morning, and crews left assuming they got the offending animal, Ealey said — before the second attack happened. ...

Man killed in bear attack, 2 injured
Press Trust of India
Berhampur (Orissa), Aug 16 (PTI) One person was killed and two others were seriously injured in an attack by a bear in Ganjam district today. ...

Two injured in wild bear attack in Poonch
Press Trust of India
Poonch (J&K), Aug 15 (PTI) Two villagers were seriously injured after they were attacked by a wild bear in Mandi area of Poonch district, police sources ...

Updated 8/10:Autopsy Shows Ouray Woman Was Killed by Bear
Telluride Watch
by Beverly Corbell BEAR ATTACK – According to investigators, Donna Munson, who was killed by a bear on Aug. 7, fed black bears through fencing she installed ...

Two French tourists survive bear attack in Transylvania
www.romaniantimes.at
Two French tourist survived a bear attack in the Bucegi Mountains in Transylvania last night (Thurs/Fri). The two, a man, 34, and his wife, 33, ...

Camp safely in bear country
Examiner.com
If a black bear attacks, the best response is to fight back with fists, rocks, pepper-spray, or whatever, under the assumption that the bear isn't in this ...

Humans threaten bears in San Bernardino National Forest
Los Angeles Times
When a bear decides it's a fine idea to hop onto a picnic table surrounded by people, something clearly has gone wrong. But officials say it's not the bear ...

Autopsy: Colorado Woman Was Killed By Bear
MyStateline.com
It's just the third documented case of a fatal bear attack in the state. For years Munson has fed the bears that approached her log cabin north of Ouray. ...

Man Survives a Charge by Bear
KSRM
He urges everyone never to assume he or she can't be attacked by a bear. He encourages everyone to carry some type of protection, even bear spray. ...

Man assaulted with bear spray
Kawartha Media Group
By Joel Wiebe A 23-year-old man was sprayed with bear spray after leaving Galaxy Cinemas at around 11:30 pm Tuesday (Aug. 11). According to city police, ...

Unbearable: Wildlife officers overwhelmed by bear calls
Grand Junction Sentinel
“Then, we yell and scream, spray them with pepper spray and shoot them with rubber buck shot. We're trying to adversely condition the animals so they stay ...

Grizzly bluff charges two mountain bikers
Banff Crag & Canyon
“It's a critical time of year for people to practice proper bear safety precautions on the trail.” Michel said the couple did not have bear spray with them, ...

Bear Killed, Ate Woman, Autopsy Says
WYFF4.com
The coroner said her official cause of death was multiple trauma due to a bear attack. The manner of death was ruled to be accidental. ...

Bear attacks calf on Old Donald Road
Haliburton County Echo
Sayers said bear attacks on livestock isn't something that happens very often in the area due to a lack of farmland. “We get about one a year,” he said. ...

Ouray County woman's body found; bear attack suspected
Grand Junction Sentinel
“This bear was shot, but we don't know if that was the bear that was involved with mauling the woman.” The woman's death and the attack of the deputy has ...

73-year-old dies after possible bear mauling
9NEWS.com
OURAY COUNTY- The Colorado Division of Wildlife says a woman has died from injuries belived to be from a bear attack. She was found on her property about ...

Bear-attack survivor savouring a 'second life'
The Province
A year ago today, Coquitlam resident Katy Yin survived a horrific bear attack — escaping with both her life and a deep appreciation for the strangers who ...

Bear Mauls 3 at Ramban
Kashmir Observer
Jammu, Aug 04: Protests erupted in Banihal area of mountainous Ramban district after three people were injured in a bear attack Tuesday morning. ...

Bear hunt begins after rare attack in Russia
Reuters UK
A male Kamchatka brown bear can weigh 700 kg (1500 lb) and have a body length of 3 metres. A handful of bear attacks are reported in the remote region every ...

Five injured in black bear attack in Ramban
Press Trust of India
In past two months, around 28 incidents of bear and leopard attacks in upper reaches of Banihal belt have been reported. "The matter has already been taken ...

Man injured in bear attack
Press Trust of India
Srinagar, Aug 3 (PTI) A middle-aged person was critically injured when a wild bear attacked him in Pulwama district of central Kashmir today, ...

Bear attack on goat doesn't stop Bloomer sisters from fair success
Chippewa Herald
Ruth, though, was killed a couple of weeks before the fair in an apparent bear attack at the family's farm northeast of Bloomer. “We were going on vacation ...

Attack was avoidable, injured Seminole County bystander Jennifer ...
NewsOK.com
Bowen will always bear the physical scars, but she worries her young daughters will carry with them forever the nightmare of that day. ...

Man marks 50th anniversary of bear attack that cost him his sight
SmartBrief
A Washington state man who lost his sight in a bear attack in Alaska at age 17 commemorated the 50th anniversary of the incident. ...

State denies responsibility for Utah bear attack
The Casper Star Tribune
PROVO, Utah -- Utah officials say the blame for a bear attack that killed an 11-year-old Utah County boy lies in the hands of the federal government. ...

25 injured in bear attack
Express Buzz - Chennai,Tamil Nadu,India
JAJPUR: As many as 25 persons were injured, four of them seriously, in bear attack at Jabara, Kanthikana and Nathuabar villages, all under Kuakhia police ...

20 injured in bear attack in Orissa
Press Trust of India - New Delhi,India
Jajpur (Orissa), July 26 (PTI) Twenty people, including a girl and a woman, were injured today when a bear attacked them in Kuakhia area of Orissa's Jajpur ...

Retired police officer recounts bear mauling
Billings Gazette - Billings,MT,USA
Ruth said he caught only a glimpse of the bear before the attack. "Like a flash the bear came out from under some sage brush and she was on me," Ruth wrote. ...

24 Hours of Adrenalin mindful of bears
Canmore Leader - Canmore,Alberta,Canada
It is important to also follow safety tips such as hiking in groups, carrying bear spray, making loud noises, and keeping dogs on a leash. ...

Clark man kills griz after attack
Powell Tribune
A Clark man was attacked by a sow grizzly bear while hiking north of Clark near the Montana border on Sunday afternoon. The man, whom Mark Bruscino, ...

Predator Attacks Livestock in Pueblo
KRDO - Colorado Springs,CO,USA
By SCOTT HARRISON PUEBLO - A viewer tells NEWSCHANNEL 13 Thursday that a bear entered her property Thursday morning and killed some of her livestock. ...

Two Hungarian tourists survive a bear´s attack
www.romaniantimes.at - Kent,UK
Two Hungarian tourists survived a bear's attack in the Padina area in the Bucegi Mountains last night (Weds/Thur). A father, 45, and his son, 25,

2 more bear killings bring total to 5
Salt Lake Tribune - United States
If the encounter turns physical, fight back -- black bears will be discouraged by a counter-attack. Grizzlies (which are not known to be in Utah) are ...

Idaho Bear Who Bit Hunter Located
AmmoLand.com - Shooting Sports News - Manasquan,NJ,USA
Officials also recommend that anyone heading into the backcountry carry bear spray. The Idaho Fish and Game Commission was created by public initiative in ...

Bear encounters and deaths up in Mat-Su
Anchorage Daily News - Anchorage,AK,USA
I'm under attack.' " The retired nurse is still shell shocked from the early-morning raid last Wednesday in her home near the Talkeetna airport in which a ...

Touché the goat survives bear attack
Aspen Daily News - Aspen,CO,USA
Woody Creek resident Liz McLain's goat, Touché, with the claw marks she received from a bear attack over the weekend. The goat was lucky to survive the ...

Grizzly bear 106 relocated to northern Alberta
Banff Crag & Canyon - Banff,Alberta,Canada
It starts to become a risky situation from a public safety point of view.” The campers sprayed the bear with bear pepper spray and he ran off, ...

Wife killed, husband injured in bear attack
Rising Kashmir - Srinagar,Jammu and Kashmir,India
... if reports suggested that bear attack human population then they will be declared man-eater and the orders will be given to kill the animal. ...

Utah Campers Warned About Bear Activity
KUTV - Salt Lake City,UT,USA
... issued a BEAR WARNING in the national forests for this summer. They're urging everyone to protect themselves by wearing bells and carrying pepper spray.

Chi-Hi graduate survives bear attack
Chippewa Herald - Chippewa Falls,WI,USA
Having survived a terrifying attack by black bear outside her Siren home, which the bear had invaded before, the former Chippewa Falls woman is quick to ...

Hikers, campers, anglers this weekend are cautioned to be bear aware
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
--Do not run from a bear unless it's dangerously close. Running can trigger an attack response and no human can outrun a bear. --If a bear attacks fight ...

Safe Travel in Bear Country
Examiner.com - USA
Now we are at a good understanding of some of the causes of bear/human encounters and attacks. Here are the basic causes of bear attacks: 1. ...

The Montana Grizzly
Examiner.com - USA
Maybe those were what attracted the bear or maybe it was the lipstick, bug spray and chewing gum in Julie's bag. Whatever caused the attack when the 265 ...

Bear attacks man, takes sandwich
Times Herald-Record - Middletown,NY,USA
SUSSEX, NJ — A man was attacked by a black bear Friday in the driveway of his Sussex, NJ home. Police say Henry Rouwendeal, 51, reported that while packing ...

2 injured in bear attack
Rising Kashmir - Srinagar,Jammu and Kashmir,India
According to locals bear attacks have become frequent and Wildlife Department is ill equipped to counter the attacks. One of the locals said that the ...

Wis. Officials Investigate Bear Attack
WCCO - Minneapolis,MN,USA
Read more in our Privacy Policy State wildlife officials are going on a bear hunt. The Department of Natural Resources is looking for a 125-pound bear that ...

Swedes Still Love the Outdoors Despite Increase in Dangerous Animals
The Epoch Times - New York,NY,USA
The countermeasure against bear attacks, supposedly, is pepper spray. According to Swedish public service radio, SR, 90 percent of all bear attacks in ...

E. Idaho man injured in grizzly attack
KPAX-TV - Missoula,MT,USA
... bear hunters came across the grizzly. Wardens say 1 of the hunters fired a shot during the attack, but it's unclear whether the shot hit the predator. ...

Grizzly attack
KIDK - Idaho Falls,ID,USA
By Araksya Karapetyan ISLAND PARK - The Fremont County Sheriff's Office just informed us, an Idaho Falls man was mauled by a grizzly bear. ...

Popular bike trail re-opens after bear activity
KTUU - Anchorage,AK,USA
by Ashton Goodell ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- A well-beaten bike trail

Experience Alaska wilderness across the water
Homer Tribune - Homer,AK,USA
If you don't have a firearm, at least bring some bear spray, an air horn and/or attach bells to your packs to announce your presence. ...

Bear 106 relocated to Banff National Park
Canmore Leader - Canmore,Alberta,Canada
Anyone walking in remote areas should always carry bear spray, which can be used on coyotes or other aggressive wildlife, he said. ...

A Grizzly Ate My Brother - Perseverance in Tough Times
Daily Kos - Berkeley,CA,USA
Now, if you have ever read anything about what to do if a grizzly bear attacks, you are shaking your head and exclaiming "Joe, wrong move! ...

Lessons From a Grizzly Bear Hunt
Town Hall - Washington,DC,USA
While we were there we saw several eco-tourist anti-gun morons with cans of bear spray holstered to their hips to use if a grizzly should decide to snack on ...

Hike leader offers tips in wake of grizzly attacks
Montana's News Station - Missoula,MT,USA
Also, keep bear spray readily and easily available. "I can pull it out fairly quick and easy. This is the safety mechanism here that keeps it from being ...

A Grizzly Ate My Brother - Perseverance in Tough Times
Daily Kos - Berkeley,CA,USA
Now, if you have ever read anything about what to do if a grizzly bear attacks, you are shaking your head and exclaiming "Joe, wrong move! ...

Bear alert issued for Banff
Calgary Herald - AB, Canada
Travel in groups, make lots of noise, make sure pets are on a leash, carry bear spray and know how to use it," said Michelle Macullo, spokeswoman for Banff ...

Bear Encounters On The Rise
KULR-TV - Billings,MT,USA
"We suggest that people carry this on the strap of their backpack, in their hand if they're in bear country and when approached by a bear, to spray the ...

Summer Guide: On Trail
Flathead Beacon - Kalispell,MT,USA
Also, be sure to carry bear spray and familiarize yourself with the precautions of traveling in bear country. When surprised, those grizzlies can ...

Bear Attack Victim Marks 50th Anniversary of Mauling
Flathead Beacon - Kalispell,MT,USA
By , 06-16-09 Fifty years after he survived one of the longest known bear attacks in history, Joseph Williams is visiting the Flathead to commemorate the ...

Bears overcome their fears in search of food
New Zealand Herald - New Zealand
A hunting companion, who witnessed the attack from a distance, also shot the 136kg bear, which wheeled, ran a short distance and collapsed. ...

Bear Attacks Woman
WITN - USA
There aren't many folks who are treated and released after a real bear attack. What's happening, Derek ? It's been a few days since we conversed. Anyhow. ...

Boise Man Attacked By Grizzly Bear Shares His Story
KIVI-TV - Boise,ID,USA
... her cub and an Elk she had just killed and before he could grab for the pepper spray and gun he was armed with the bear grabbed him on his left thigh. ...

The Three Bears? Try 163000 ... and counting
The Associated Press
In a 2006 attack, a 210-pound male bear killed a 6-year-old girl and mauled her 2-year-old brother as well as her mother who tried to fend off the animal. ...

No reports of damage from black bear
Middletown Journal - Middletown,OH,USA
she asked, before expressing concerns that the bear would attack her son if he exited the car. The son was able to enter his house without incident. ...

Things Not to Do With Bears
Backpacker Magazine - USA
Then the bear split. Nerison walked XC westward to the nearby road with punctures on his legs. Nerison normally carries bear spray, but didn't have it on ...

Bear Attack Survivor Speaks Out
KIVI-TV - Boise,ID,USA
The Boise man who survived a bear attack this week is well enough to speak to Today's Channel 6. Paul Sellers was attacked by a grizzly bear while he was ...

Former Jamestown resident survives grizzly bear attack
Jamestown Sun - Jamestown,ND,USA
It happened in a flash, and Thomas Nerison did not have the bear spray he almost always carries on his runs in Glacier National Park. ...

Woman Attacked By Bear In East Buncombe County
News Channel 7 - SC,USA
By Mary Lu Saylor Sunday night the Black Mountain Fire Department responded to a bear attack call at a home in the Laurel Ridge Development in East Buncombe ...

Bearing up wellSteve Bartley's tale of surviving a grizzly's ...
The Register-Guard - Eugene,OR,USA
Bartley wears a patch on his motorcycle jacket thanking Dr. Jimmie Biles, the surgeon in Cody, Wyo., who treated Bartley after the bear attack. ...

Grizzly bear victim, savior to meet in Montana
The Associated Press
Williams said he then broke free and fled over a ledge, he said, but the bear caught up with him and the attack resumed. Kunz ran down the mountain to get ...

Bear likely protecting cub, food
The Bozeman Daily Chronicle - Bozeman,MT,USA
Sellers, who had hiked that particular trail several times already this year, was carrying bear spray and a pistol, but the attack happened too quickly for ...

Idaho man lives to tell after bear attack
OregonLive.com - Portland,OR,USA
His wife said he stayed calm during the attack. "After the bear left, he lay there for a few moments (and) found his arm behind his head - he thought it had ...

Man Saves Son, Fights Off Bear With Stick
AmmoLand.com - Shooting Sports News - Manasquan,NJ,USA
Grande Cache, Alberta - -(AmmoLand.com)- A 77-year-old man from Grande Cache, Alberta saved his son from a protective mother bear attack by beating the ...

Be cautious while among bears, lions and other wildlife at Bighorn ...
Lovell Chronicle - Lovell,Wyoming,USA
Bear spray should only be used for self-defense, Bromley said. “Don't run or climb a tree; they can do both faster than you can,” she said. ...

County refund is good news
Daily Inter Lake - Kalispell,MT,USA
Human visitors share the trails with Glacier's grizzlies (and black bears), so people should remember simple precautions: Carry bear spray, ...

Boise man in hospital following griz attack
The Bozeman Daily Chronicle - Bozeman,MT,USA
The hiker, who was using that particular trail for the third time this year, had bear spray with him, but the attack happened too fast for him to use it, ...

Victim of grizzly attack talks about ordeal
The Missoulian - Missoula,MT,USA
... and prepared for the attack to resume, but it didn't. "I think he sensed that I was neutralized," Nerison said. The bear retreated the direction he had ...

Bear attack leaves woman with 72 staples in leg
Globe and Mail - Canada
Northern Ontario resident took her dog Ranger outside early yesterday and ended up needing 72 staples in her right leg after a run-in with a bear. ...

'It was so unreal:' Grande Cache man feels lucky to be alive after ...
Alberta Daily Herald Tribune - Grande Prairie,Alberta,Canada
“The first thing that popped into my mind, when you hear about a grizzly attack or a bear attack, just the worst picture pops into your head. ...

Grizzly bear attack
KIDK - Idaho Falls,ID,USA
By Todd Kunz WEST YELLOWSTONE, MT - A grizzly bear attack puts a Boise man in Madison Memorial Hospital. He suffered bite wounds to his head, shoulders, ...

Bear attacks Sudbury woman
Timmins Daily Press - Timmins,Ontario,Canada
SUDBURY — Police in the Sudbury, Ont., area are warning about the possibility of bear attacks. A 30-year-old woman was on her driveway in the community of ...

Man mauled by grizzly bear fears it could attack again
Calgary CTV - Calgary,AB,Canada
A Grande Cache man mauled by a grizzly bear over the weekend said he feels lucky to be alive but now fears the bear will attack again. ...

Jogger survives bear attack
Courier Mail - Queensland,Australia
Ms Nerison said her husband had been wearing heavy running tights, which may have prevented the bear from taking a big chunk out of his leg. ...

Grizzly bites 60-year-old man on Montana's Glacier trail
Salt Lake Tribune - United States
During an interview after the incident, Nerison told a ranger that he normally carries bear spray. However, he did not have bear spray with him when he ...

Feisty hunter, 78, uses walking stick to fend off bear attack
Edmonton Sun - Alberta, Canada
By ALYSSA NOEL, SUN MEDIA A bear attack near Grande Cache that hospitalized one man could have been deadly if it weren't for a brave 78-year-old and his ...

Alberta men recovering from grizzly sow attack
CBC.ca - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
Two men who got between a grizzly and her cubs are recovering from a bear attack in the back country in northwestern Alberta. The men were walking in the ...

Bear attack in Northern Alberta on the weekend
Energeticcity.ca - Fort St. John,BC,Canada
Two men are recovering after what appears to be a grizzly bear attack this weekend in Grande Cache. iNews 880 is reporting that Dave Ealey, who speaks for

Congress sneaks guns into Glacier in credit card bill
Flathead Publishing Group - columbia falls,montana,USA
NPCA also notes that in places like Glacier, bear spray time and time again has proven to be a stronger deterrent to bear attacks than firearms. ...

Wildlife ambassadors hit trails
Canmore Leader - Canmore,Alberta,Canada
The young girl who was attacked by a black bear last summer in Lake Louise, the one day she didn't carry her bear spray was the day she was attacked by a ...

Bear suspect in donkey death
Salmon Arm Observer - B.C., Canada
Bear attack: Della Wayne keeps a close eye on her two remaining miniature donkeys after a third one was killed by what appears to have been a bear in her ...

HOWARD WARD: Golf Poetry, Wyoming Bears Deserve Note
Southern Pines Pilot - Southern Pines,NC,USA
They also advise you to carry pepper spray in the case of an encounter with a bear. It is also a good idea to watch for signs of bear activity. ...

Bear sightings reported in North Middleton
Carlisle Sentinel - Carlisle,PA,USA
However, he said, if a bear begins to attack, you should fight back and make as much noise as possible. In most cases, Feaser said, a bear will simply move ...

No way to sugar coat it: Animals can prove to be a nuisance
Steamboat Pilot - Steamboat Springs,CO,USA
He's going to get hurt or give someone a heart attack.” The Creel Lane bear is one of six or seven bears known in the areas, Haskins said. ...

Conservation officers warn of bear dangers in BC
CTV.ca - Canada
Katy Yin was saved from the attack after a neighbour drove his SUV into the 112-kilogram black bear. The bear ran away and was later put down. ...

The Wrap | Ron Judd A bear in Ballard? Here's your survival guide
Seattle Times - United States
Do not throw anything at the bear, unless it is a spear and you know what you're doing. • If you have pepper spray, use it. If you can't get it out until ...

'You can carry but you can't shoot'
Daily Inter Lake - Kalispell,MT,USA
"All of our statistics show that bear spray is a better deterrent," he said. "We are still going to strongly push bear spray as the best deterrent. ...

Part II: Top 10 items to keep in your backpack
Examiner.com - USA
Bear spray: Wildlife of all sizes can be found in Wyoming. Keeping a can of bear spray in your backpack is essential for your safety in case you find rouge ...

Black bears
Florida Weekly - Fort Myers,FL,USA
"We have never had a bear attack in Florida," says Gary Morse, a Lakelandbased spokesman for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. ...

Experts to Track Bear Movement with GPS Devices
STA - Slovenska Tiskovna Agencija - Ljubljana,Slovenia
After it was hunted down, the bear also got an identification collar and was released to the forest. The last mortal victim of a bear attack was registered ...

Dog gets heroism award after bear attack
Vancouver Sun - British Columbia, Canada
By Clare Ogilvie, Canwest News servicemay 4, 2009 An Interior BC woman is crediting her dog with saving her and another pet dog from a bear attack. ...

Predatory bear saw northern Albertan teenager as food, expert says
Calgary Herald - AB, Canada
Stashko said there are two kinds of bear attacks: defensive and predatory. In the case where a bear looks like it may attack a human in defence of itself or ...

Predatory bear saw teenager as food: expert
Vancouver Sun - British Columbia, Canada
Experts say a 15-year-old boy mauled on Sunday was the victim of a predatory bear attack. "In this instance, we're presuming the bear saw the boy as food," ...
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Black bears
Florida Weekly - Fort Myers,FL,USA
"We have never had a bear attack in Florida," says Gary Morse, a Lakelandbased spokesman for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. ...

Experts to Track Bear Movement with GPS Devices
STA - Slovenska Tiskovna Agencija - Ljubljana,Slovenia
After it was hunted down, the bear also got an identification collar and was released to the forest. The last mortal victim of a bear attack was registered ...

Dog gets heroism award after bear attack
Vancouver Sun - British Columbia, Canada
By Clare Ogilvie, Canwest News servicemay 4, 2009 An Interior BC woman is crediting her dog with saving her and another pet dog from a bear attack. ...

Bear attacks teen
Calgary CTV - Calgary,AB,Canada
A teenager is recovering in hospital after he was dragged from his tent and attacked by a bear while camping in the Swan Hills area. ...

Goat killing bear is killed by Holley man
The Northwest Florida Daily News - Fort Walton Beach,FL,USA
He lost a total of seven goats to the bear. Bear attacks on domesticated animals or livestock are relatively rare, Kirkland said. ...

Mother Shares Story Of Survival, Loss After Bear Attack
10TV - Columbus,OH,USA
The attack was described as rare because the family had no food with them. Cenkus was also told that the animal was a predatory bear.

Close encounters of a bear kind
Auburn Journal - Auburn,CA,USA
We were afraid it would attack,” he said. The bear was located in a meadow off of a trail that departs from the lower equestrian staging area on Lomida, ...

Outrage builds in Anchorage after bear attacks
The Associated Press
Anchorage has a reputation for being bear tolerant but after three maulings last summer — including a 15-year-old girl who nearly bled to death when ...

Grizzlies are a' hunting
Island Park News - Island Park,ID,USA
Carry bear pepper spray with you when you are walking in the Mack's Inn area and other areas of Island Park, since grizzlies have left their winter dens. ...

The Fate of the Yellowstone Grizzly
CounterPunch - Petrolia,CA,USA
They called the alarming number of dead bears in Yellowstone a “spike,” which they would reduce by recommending better hunter education, use of bear spray ...

Bear kills dog in Coastal Highlands
Siuslaw News - Florence,OR,USA
According to Cottam, the dog survived the initial attack, but was later euthanized at a local veterinarian clinic. Cottam said that a bear killing a dog is ...

Fearless dog saves owner from black bear attack
Vancouver Sun - British Columbia, Canada
When the bear continued to attack, Jarod acted as a decoy, running around the property so Perreault could get herself and Meesha into the house. ...

Newly active after hibernation, bears represent a possible threat ...
Lone Peak Lookout - Big Sky,MT,USA
In a surprise encounter, if the bear knocks you down, stay face down until you are certain it has moved completely away. Bear pepper spray is a last resort ...

US Geological Survey Releases Bear Safety Fact Sheet
Wired News - USA
Those who used bear deterrent suffered far fewer and less serious injuries and were subjected to shorter durations of attack than those who defended with ...

Anchorage to close trail where bear mauled biker
Fort Mills Times - Fort Mill,SC,USA
The trail was closed to cyclists after the attack but not to hikers. Parks officials says they will shut down the trail in early summer before salmon begin ...

Hungry Bear Heats Up Fire Crew at Camp
AlaskaReport - Juneau,AK,USA
As with any bear under attack, its ears were back. Its hair was sticking up behind his neck. We all recognized that eventually this ole boy could launch ...

VAN ZANT: A cold start to this year's trout season in the Sierras
Long Beach Press-Telegram - Long Beach,CA,USA
A momma bear and two cubs took great pleasure in chasing away the anglers and eating their stringer of trout. The bears slowly worked their way around the ...

'Bear mother' urges action to save long-neglected black bears
eTaiwan News - Taiwan
... should avoid making sudden movements out of panic, which can provoke an attack. Just slowly walk away backwards. 3.A Formosan black bear enjoys berries. ...

Rumor of local black bear persists in Princeton
Coon Rapids ECM Publishers - Coon Rapids,MN,USA
The rumor going around Princeton recently was that there had been a recent black bear attack in the area and might have had some validity. Or did it? ...

City to close trail where bear attacked cyclist
KTUU - Anchorage,AK,USA
Last summer, a bear mauled a cyclist riding along the trail during a bike competition. The trail was closed after that attack, and this year officials say ...

Lessons learned from the bear attack on Colorado Springs woman
Examiner.com - USA
While being slammed by critics for killing a bear in Colorado Springs this last week, the DOW has given explicit instruction on how to keep bear encounters ...

Meet the 800lb grizzly bear who really is man's best friend
Daily Mail - UK
In rare cases when they do attack, they do so because they feel threatened, or a mother feels her cubs are under threat. Grizzlies mostly consume vegetarian ...

Bear protection in Montana
Montana's News Station - Missoula,MT,USA
Aamong the best products to come from this testing is a high-pressure aerosol pepper spray or bear spray, designed to fend-off a close encounter with an ...

DEP: It's Time to Prepare for Bears
Litchfield County Times - New Milford,CT,USA
The state's bear population, which is estimated at over 300, continues to grow and expand, increasing the need for people to know how to prevent problems. ...

Pregnant woman escapes bear attack only to be knocked down by hit ...
Daily Mail - UK
By Mail Foreign Service A pregnant woman escaped an attack from a wild black bear attack but was knocked over by a hit and run driver as she tried to flee

Black bear living on I-5 median
Northwest Cable News - Portland,OR,USA
"I didn't think I was getting very close, but my boyfriend was very stressed that the bear was gonna attack me," she said. There were reported bear ...

Safety is the key when dealing with area wildlife
Sammamish Review - sammamish,wa,USA
Feeding wild animals is the biggest reason they stick around or eventually attack, Richards said. Black bears, the most common species of bear in the area, ...

More info on illegal bear spray in the Smokies
Knoxville News Sentinel - Knoxville,TN,USA
The Smoky Mountain Hiking Blog: The information that Kurt has provided indeed explains why bear spray is legal in some national parks, but not in the Great ...

Yellowstone Bear Deaths on the Rise
Backpacker Magazine - USA
This includes encouraging hunters to use bear spray to deter charging grizzlies instead of shooting them. Any hunters who need a refresher on fending off an ...

Grizzly bears spreading through yellowstone region
The Associated Press
Meanwhile, conservationists are trying to encourage hunters to use mace-like bear spray as a non-lethal alternative to keeping them at bay. ...

Response to grizzly deaths: bear spray, education
LocalNews8.com - Idaho Falls,ID,USA
(AP) - Public land managers and biologists say more hunter education and increased use of bear spray are needed to reverse a spike in grizzly bear deaths in ...

Bear believed responsible for Anchorage park attack killed
News & Observer - Raleigh,NC,USA
The grizzly that mauled Anchorage resident Clivia Feliz in Far North Bicentennial Park on Aug. 8 is believed to be dead, according to Alaska Department of ...

Anchorage girl seriously hurt in bear attack on park path
News & Observer - Raleigh,NC,USA
A teenage girl riding in an all-night bicycle race suffered severe injuries early Sunday when a bear attacked her on a trail in Far North Bicentennial Park, ...

ODFW Offers Tips for Avoiding Problems With Bears
Salem-News.Com - OR,USA
A bear attack victim displays the deadly effects of a bear's claws. Courtesy: comingbackalive.com (CLACKAMAS, Ore.) - Spring is a time of renewal in Oregon ...

'Alaska Week' on Discovery channel: It's a tundra-ful life
New York Daily News - New York,NY,USA
The week wraps up Friday with "Bear Attack," which like several other programs during the week is at times a little longer on verbal drama than on actual ...

Last Frontier steals the show during Discovery Channel’s ‘Alaska Week’
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner - Fairbanks,AK,USA
The show will repeat at 8 pm At 6 pm Sunday is “Bear Attack,” a dramatic look at problem grizzlies and what’s being done to avoid attacks. ...

'Thrilla' recalls brutal bout and savage rivalry
South Coast Today - New Bedford,MA,USA
"Bear Attack!" (10 pm) follows with a detective story about three victims in the space of six weeks. Is this the work of a single marauding bear? ...

Polar Bear Attacks Woman At Berlin Zoo
Sky News - UK
A woman has been mauled by a polar bear after jumping into its enclosure at Berlin Zoo. The intruder was attacked just yards away from Knut, the abandoned ...

Web exclusive: Recreating in Bear Country
The Western News - Libby,MT,USA
If a black bear approaches, try to scare it away by shouting or making noise. • If a black or grizzly bear attacks at night while you’re in a tent, ...

Surprised polar bear mauls woman in Berlin Zoo
Deutsche Welle - Germany
Police did not say why she jumped in with the bear. The bear responsible for the attack will not face any consequences. "The woman has proved herself to be ...

Polar bear attack filmed
Melbourne Herald Sun - Australia
She was rescued from the bear attack, suffering from bites to her arms and legs and was taken to hospital. Nom, nom, nom - I wonder what stupid tastes like? ...

37 griz killings spark worry
Jackson Hole Guide - Jackson,WY,USA
One recommendation “is to figure out how we can get hunters to use bear spray,” he said. “That’sa big thing because we think bear spray is very effective. ...

DEP: Residents Need To Be Bear Aware
WFSB - Hartford,CT,USA
Bears will attack and kill livestock, officials said, and can destroy unprotected beehives. The DEP said one of the best precautions against bears is ...

Web exclusive: A good reason not to run ... pack bear spray
The Western News - Libby,MT,USA
By Diane Tipton, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Research in Alaska indicates that bear spray reduces the number of bears killed in self-defense and ...

The Daily Evergreen
The Daily Evergreen - Pullman,WA,USA
And as always, when a fatal or close call bear attack does occur, the media makes a big deal out of it because it sells big with audiences. ...

New polar bear logo is a no-go
Bowdoin Orient - Brunswick,ME,USA
My advice to him is that he watch his back, because "polar bears are stealth hunters and the victim is often unaware of the bear's presence until the attack ...

When a bear DID attack - and a rock star fought back
East Anglian Daily Times - Ipswich,England,UK
ALL the talk of a grizzly in Rendlesham Forest this week made me think of a genuine bear attack - and this one wasn't a Red Rose Chain hoax. ...

Stay Safe While Camping by Sleeping Inside a Big Bear
Jaunted - USA
... recommend more common-sense bear protection measures, like keeping any food and trash far away from your campground, packing a canister of bear spray,

Spring bear notes from FWP
Clark Fork Chronicle - Frenchtown,MT,USA
In addition, Smith believes, after analyzing thousands of bear attacks and people's responses that bear spray also benefits people by giving them a reason ...

Parks need volunteer bear monitors
Canmore Leader - Canmore,Alberta,Canada
Last year three black bears had collars and there may be more this year, he said. Each volunteer carries bear spray, a cell phone or radio, a first aid kit ...

Hot Spots Full of Hungry Bears
LocalNews8.com - Idaho Falls,ID,USA
The Idaho Fish and Game say it's important to take bear spray with you whenever you venture out into bear country. "The place that I have hunted is up near ...

Spring must be here – hungry bears are back
Minden Times - ON, Canada
She walked into the adjoining room to see her husband Pete sitting on the side of the bed holding a can of pepper spray. A black bear, bigger than Pete had ...

Wash state using dog to scare bears from suburbs
Seattle Times - United States
Some day this spring, a black bear is going to lumber out of the Cascade foothills in search of food. By KATHERINE LONG Some day this spring, a black bear

Stay alert for wild animals
Belleville News Democrat - IL, USA
-Bears: Never make eye contact with a bear. Back away slowly. Bear repellent spray may be more effective at stopping bear attacks than firearms, ...

The bear essentials on black bears
New York Daily News - New York,NY,USA
If the bear does not leave, slowly back away to safety. Don't throw anything at it, especially food. Keep your dog on a leash; a bear will attack a dog if ...

Web sites ready travelers for Yellowstone
Baltimore Sun - United States
Be sure to read the tips: Don't bother the bison, don't go near the bears, and take bear spray. The park's main page (nps.gov/yell) tells the history of ...

Committee To Vote On Bill To Allow Guns In Parks
NewsChannel5.com - Nashville,TN,USA
Supporters said the measure would give people a way to protect themselves, citing a deadly bear attack two years ago in Polk County. ...

A bear walks into a 'burb, but state's new bear dogs scare him out ...
Seattle Times - United States
In Puyallup last year, he helped wildlife officials unravel a would-be mountain lion attack; the victim, it turned out, was not mauled by a cougar as he ...

Candidate Q&A: What should city do about the prospect of more bear ...
Anchorage Daily News - Anchorage,AK,USA
What, if anything, should the city do about the prospect of more bear attacks in city parks this summer? A public awareness campaign for our community in ...

Good news? Now that's news
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
It might seem counterintuitive, but I'd argue one of the best "good news" stories in the LA Times in recent years was about a grizzly bear attack. ...

"Lucky" Libby relocated after suspected alpaca kill
Methow Valley News - Twisp,WA,USA
The assembled wildlife agents discussed the pros and cons of bear spray and noise devices. Pocket-sized air horns may scare off wildlife, ...

Editorial: Bear attack show us professionals have no easy task
NRToday.com - Roseburg,OR,USA
We suspect the safari won’t suggest the irritable bear Donna for a starring role, but we’re pleased she wasn’t put down because of her attack. ...

Measures taken after bear attacks Oregon employee
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
Wildlife Safari officials have moved the 3-year-old black bear that attacked an employee Sunday into a confined area and say employees dealing with the ...

Bear safety- part two
Examiner.com - USA
The encounter may not end in a confrontation now, but bears are unpredictable and an attack may come in the future. Any sighting of a bear, or bear sign ...

You're in for a big surprise
The Age - Melbourne,Australia
Pattinson, who is armed with bear pepper spray just in case, reminds us that as cute as they appear, they can be dangerous. "Our tours are not bear ...

Safari employee in serious condition after bear attack
NRToday.com - Roseburg,OR,USA
WINSTON — A 23-year-old Wildlife Safari employee remained in serious condition at Mercy Medical Center this morning after being attacked by a black bear

Bear sightings reported near Hilltop
KTUU - Anchorage,AK,USA
It's raised concerns among outdoor enthusiasts because a brown bear mauled two women this past summer. "Today I brought bear spray and I've got the dogs and ...

Black bear attacks Wildlife Safari employee
NRToday.com - Roseburg,OR,USA
WINSTON — A 23-year-old Wildlife Safari employee was attacked by a black bear Sunday afternoon when she was trying to feed the animal. ...

Boy killed in Bear Attack
Kashmir Observer - Srinagar,Jammu and Kashmir,India
Srinagar, March 03- In second such incident in less than a week, a boy was attacked and killed by a bear in Baramulla today. Officials said a bear attacked ...

A best case scenario
Canada.com - Don Mills,Ontario,Canada
... year in which we have seen a lot more habituated behaviour, and some firsts for the Vancouver Island, such as the black-bear attack in Port Renfrew. ...

Encounters with carnivores
Canada.com - Don Mills,Ontario,Canada
This past year saw some significant incidents in the region and on Vancouver Island: from local cougar attacks on dogs, a black bear bluff-charge on Long ...

25 of the Worst Attacks by Exotic Pets
Daily Green - USA
... some danger of attack by sharks, just as wilderness campers know there is a small chance they will meet a hungry, curious or provoked bear or moose. ...

Beauty and the beasts
Denver Post - Denver,CO,USA
This pepper spray was all the reminder I needed we were headed both for grizzly country and for one of the most remarkable rivers in the Rocky Mountain West ...

Meeting with bear nearly deadly
Winnipeg Free Press - Winnipeg,Manitoba,Canada
The number of polar bear encounters in the Churchill area plummeted last year but don’t expect that to comfort Rene Preteau, who survived a rare attack by ...

Bear necessities
Globe and Mail - Canada
Claims that users of bear spray frequently incapacitate themselves, rather than the bear, by firing into a headwind, and that the spray is usually ...

Two injured in bear attack
SamayLive - Noida,Uttar Pradesh,India
Jammu, Feb 8 : Two persons were injured when a wild bear attacked them in Bafliaz belt of Poonch district, police said today. The incident occured yesterday ...

Judge dismisses state lawsuit over fatal bear attack
Daily Herald - Provo,UT,USA
The Legislature probably did not foresee the law being used in a "bizarre" case involving a bear attack. "Nevertheless, this court is 'constrained by the ...

Bear Attack Lawsuit to Continue
ClaimsJournal.com - San Diego,CA,USA
A federal judge has declined to throw out a lawsuit against the government filed by the family of an 11-year-old boy who was mauled to death by a black bear ...

Bear attack lawsuit to continue
LocalNews8.com - Idaho Falls,ID,USA
Kimball noted that officials knew an aggressive bear had been present earlier in the day at the campsite where Sam Ives was attacked. ...

Judge rules bear-attack suit can proceed
Salt Lake Tribune - United States
Government attorneys argued at a November hearing that there is no requirement that federal agencies post signs warning the public about a bear or to close ...

State asks for dismissal of bear attack lawsuit
ABC 4 - Salt Lake City,USA
PROVO, Utah (AP) - A state attorney says governmental immunity laws protect Utah from liability in the death of an 11-year-old boy mauled by a bear in 2007.

Romanian man killed by a bear in Transylvania
International Herald Tribune - France
... a heart attack while being transported to the hospital. The policeman and a friend were walking through the woods Sunday when the bear mauled him. ...

How much do you really know about bears?
Miramichi Leader - Miramichi,New Brunswick,Canada
Until recently, it was very rare to see a bear roaming around in city limits. Now, because of deforestation across the world, bears don't have anywhere to ...

Bears must be treated with respect
Lethbridge Herald - Lethbridge,AB,Canada
So try not to be menacing,” he said, adding he always carries bear spray with him and putting electric fence around things like buildings and garbage cans ...

Polar bear jail in need of repair
Winnipeg Sun - Canada
The last fatal polar bear attack in Churchill was in 1983. In 2004, a researcher working east of the town was knocked to the ground by a polar bear and ...

Romanian policeman dies after bear attack
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
BUCHAREST, Jan 19 (Reuters) - A Romanian policeman has died after being attacked by a brown bear on Sunday when he took a stroll outside a mountaintop

Bear Sightings More Common In SWM
WSJM - St. Joseph,Michigan,USA
Bear sightings around the lower peninsula are becoming more common. Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Biologist Steve Chadwick says that black bears ...

Is new TV series unfair to bears?
MSNBC - USA
“The idea of a bear attack can be terrifying, and this show may not exactly ease those fears,” Alexander said. “It was meant to show bears in their natural ...

Avalanche Gear Flying Off Shelves
LocalNews8.com - Idaho Falls,ID,USA
It's a lot like bear spray. If you take bear spray out into the wilderness, you may never see a bear but it's nice to have if you see one. ...

Hunter bit by bear home from hospital
WSLS.com - Roanoke,VA,USA
... patient who was bitten by a bear.“ Game wardens say black bears do not usually attack…and may have only done so in this case because it felt threatened.

Bear attack 'documentary' raises officials' hackles
Anchorage Daily News - Anchorage,AK,USA
Right down to that attack on Billy. Mike Miller, owner of the conservation center and the bear keeper there, said he knew from the get-go what was going to ...

Childhood dream becomes a reality
Richmond Register - Richmond,KY,USA
“We lost two of our best dogs to a bear attacks last year,” Dan Frasier said. “He was a 500-pounder. Instead of the dogs doing the chasing he simply chased ...

Man injured in bear attack
Daily Mirror - Colombo,Western,Sri Lanka
A man was seriously injured on Saturday when a bear attacked him when he had gone to collect bees honey in a forest reserve, police said. ...

Gun rules relaxed for national parks
Columbia Falls Hungry Horse News - Columbia Falls,MT,USA
Foust noted that rangers who patrol the backcountry carry both bear spray and a sidearm. Bear spray, in study after study, has proven to be more effective ...

Bear attack a matter of bad luck
PennLive.com - Harrisburg,PA,USA
25 bear attack on a hunter in Lawrence Twp., Clearfield County, has been ruled a matter of being in the "wrong place at the wrong time," by Pennsylvania ...

Pennsylvania Game Commission: Bear Attack 'Wrong Place At Wrong Time'
MarketWatch - USA
JERSEY SHORE, Pa., Dec 03, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Following an investigation into an incident in which a hunter was injured by a bear in ...

Guest Opinion: Delisted grizzly bears dying in Yellowstone Country
Billings Gazette - MT, USA
They include carrying bear pepper spray, careful sanitation practices and being alert and prepared for a grizzly encounter. These practices are especially ...

BC logger lives through grizzly attack
Winnipeg Sun - Canada
By THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER — A BC logger who was attacked by a grizzly bear on the province’s central coast last week says he thought he was going to ...
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Bear Attack Victim Talks About Harrowing Experience
Gant Daily - Clearfield,PA,USA
He said he pulled the trigger and the bear was on him. Winters said the bear worked its way up his body during the attack, starting at his legs. ...

Panda attacks man who wanted hug
United Press International - USA
22 (UPI) -- A Chinese college student who wanted to hug a panda bear climbed into its pen, but instead of getting a cuddle he was mauled by the animal, ...

Fatal Bear Attack: Lawyers argue who is responsible for boy's ...
Daily Herald - Provo,UT,USA
The black bear was classified as a Level III animal after the initial attack -- which means that it should be euthanized. Wildlife officials did attempt to ...

PREDATOR ATTACK TEAM LOOKING FOR CLUES IN AN UNUSUAL BEAR ATTACK
C-FAX 1070 - Victoria,BC,Canada
THE PREDATOR ATTACK TEAM WILL BE LOOKING TO PIECE TOGETHER WHAT PROVOKED A BEAR ATTACK ON BC'S CENTRAL COAST ON WEDNESDAY. ROD OLSEN OF THE BC CONSERVATION ...

Jenna Otter returns to scene of grizzly bear attack
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
Everything had been perfect until the attack. Afterward nothing was the same. She couldn't shake the memory of the bear coming right at her -- or of it ...

BEAR VIEWING GROUP SAYS GRIZZLY ATTACK LIKELY A DEFENSIVE ONE
C-FAX 1070 - Victoria,BC,Canada
THE PRESIDENT OF THE "COMMERCIAL BEAR VIEWING OF BC" SAYS IT'S NOT UNUSUAL FOR A BEAR ATTACK TO OCCUR IF THE BEAR WAS SURPRISED BY THE VICTIM. ...

Logger survives bear attack
Calgary Herald - AB, Canada
A 57-year-old man is in stable condition after he was attacked by a grizzly bear Wednesday morning at a remote BC logging operation. ...

Port Alberni man in critical condition after bear attack: police
CBC.ca - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
"This attack happened in an isolated area. No one is in danger at this time," Beckett said. Police said it's not common to see bear attacks at this time of ...

Grizzly attacks BC man in logging camp
CTV British Columbia - Vancouver,BC,Canada
On Wednesday morning, a grizzly bear attacked a man in a logging camp in remote Smith Inlet on BC's central mainland. The camp is located about 40 ...

Feds ask for dismissal of suit over black bear attack
Salt Lake Tribune - United States
Assistant US Attorney Amy Oliver argued there is no requirement that federal agencies post signs warning the public about a bear or close a campground. ...

MAN IN HOSPITAL AFTER GRIZZLY BEAR ATTACK
C-FAX 1070 - Victoria,BC,Canada
A 57 YEAR OLD MAN IS RECOVERING FROM SEVERE INJURIES TO HIS ARMS AFTER HE WAS ATTACKED BY A GRIZZLY BEAR ON BC'S CENTRAL COAST. THE VICTIM WAS WORKING FOR A ...

Government: Suit over child's death in bear attack should be tossed
Deseret News - Salt Lake City,UT,USA
The US government asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a family of a boy who was killed in a bear attack last year. ...

Prosecutors seek dismissal of bear attack lawsuit
KSL-TV - Salt Lake City,UT,USA
The family of Sam Ives claims the US Forest Service is liable because it didn't alert the public to earlier bear problems in American Fork Canyon. ...

Hunter attacked by bear in northern Sweden
The Local - Sweden
This is the second report of a bear attack in Sweden within a week. The Local reported on Thursday that a hunter had been attacked and mauled by a bear just

'I'm feeling his teeth.... I was helpless'
Canada.com - Don Mills,Ontario,Canada
Wheeler was in an air ambulance helicopter which had been on its way to Sechelt when the call came in about the bear attack. Because of the helicopter's ...

'I'm feeling his teeth.... I was helpless'
Canada.com - Don Mills,Ontario,Canada
One man pounded at the bear's head with a hammer. The bear responded by moving his attack from Pharis's trunk to his head. Pharis said he had just enough ...

Man attacked by bear in Sweden
United Press International - USA
Although there is a large bear population in Sweden, the news service said bear attacks are unusual. Since 1977, there have been 26 reported attacks on ...

Man recounts terror of bear attack
Vancouver Sun - British Columbia, Canada
VICTORIA - First, Blaine Pharis wanted to talk about the fish that got away, not about the bear that he got away from. Pharis said he had landed a ...

Hunting area reopening
Billings Gazette - MT, USA
Fish, Wildlife and Parks said the chance of a bear encounter remains and advised hunters to carry bear spray, and know how to use it.

Grizzly expert urges hunters to bring along pepper spray
Great Falls Tribune - Great Falls,MT,USA
A warden returned later and shot the seriously wounded bear, which had two yearlings. Pepper spray might have avoided that mortality, Madel said. ...

In case of bear attack, just give a little whistle
Tallahassee.com - Tallahassee,FL,USA
Bear attacks and maulings are pretty common around The Rock. That's why stores sell a popular item called bear spray. It's a pressurized can of pungent ...

Did you bring the bear spray, dear?
Macleans.ca - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
University of Calgary professor Stephen Herrero, one of Canada’s foremost experts on bear attacks, says all but “an infinitely small proportion” of black ...

Bear activity prompts hunting closure near Ovando
The Missoulian - Missoula,MT,USA
Hunters should be prepared by thinking ahead about what they would do in the case of an encounter and should carry and know how to use bear pepper spray.

Child, employee injured in bear attack
News Agency of Kashmir - Jammu Tawi,Jammu and Kashmir,India
... to attack the civil population in different parts of the valley, another incident of animal man conflict came into fore wherein a wild bear attacked an ...

'Closure' for survivor of grizzly attack
The Province - Vancouver,BC,Canada
The bear gnawed at his skull, bit through his right arm and chewed on his left elbow in the attack that Case said lasted about two minutes. ...

Siberian police kill hungry bear over dog attack
RIA Novosti - Moscow,Russia
In September, a woman was mauled to death by a bear, and a group of Kazakh tourists were rescued by local emergencies officers following an attack. ...

Barely believable
St. John's Telegram - St. John's,Newfoundland and Labrador,Canada
If the words “bear attack” in a headline don’t grab your attention, then “man fends off attacking bear” is more likely to, as is the headline on Canwest’s ...

Bear deaths high
Jackson Hole Guide - Jackson,WY,USA
He also said recent research shows that bear spray is more effective than bullets when fending off an angry grizzly. “[Hunters] need to be smart about what ...

Attack victim bears new onslaught
The Gazette (Montreal) - Quebec,Canada
The emails go on to say West stood below the tree, waiting to attack the bear when it came down. But West is sticking to his story. ...

Teen Survives Horrific Bear Attack
AOL News Newsbloggers - Dulles,VA,USA
Davis remembers little of the attack, but she does recall calling 911 and gasping for help. "Please help … bear," she told a dispatcher, who kept asking her ...

Bear-attack survivor harassed by animal rights crusaders
National Post - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
The e-mails go on to say that Mr. West stood below the tree, waiting to attack the bear when it came down. But Mr. West is sticking to his story. ...

How I was mauled by a bear, then attacked by a nation
Rockhampton Morning Bulletin - Australia
The adult male bear was shot by Canadian conservation officers after Mr Pelling reported the attack. "If I knew it was going to be shot, I would never had ...

“I had no option,' says man who won death struggle with bear
Globe and Mail - Canada
It was the second time this year a bear was killed during an attack. In September, a group of fishermen armed with gaffs and knives killed a black bear that ...

BC man says he won deadly fight with black bear
CTV.ca - Canada
A BC man found himself in a deadly fight with a black bear, and had to kill the large animal to escape with his life. The attack left him with deep gashes ...

BC man comes out swinging in bear attack
CBC.ca - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
A Cariboo, BC, man who was attacked by a bear says he used a stick to put up the fight of his life after he realized he was likely in a fight to the death. ...

Think Grizzly
Flathead Beacon - Kalispell,MT,USA
In 72 incidents where people used bear spray to defend themselves from an aggressive bear attack in Alaska, 98 percent were uninjured and all who were ...

Man clubs bear to death after attack
United Press International - USA
... having to kill that bear and even more that her cubs were put down. But it was her or me," said West, who received wounds to his arm and head in the attack.

Hungry bears attack Altay village
Russia-InfoCenter - Moscow,Russia
The park's Bele village residents also fell victim to frequent bear attacks. This is the first such case in the 76-year history of the Altay national park.

Hunter's death shocks friends he often helped
Calgary Herald - AB, Canada
He said hunting, by its very nature, is about trying to lure game -- but that may also draw the attention of bears. He advises that hunters keep bear spray ...

Alberta hunter killed by bear
Globe and Mail - Canada
The remains showed signs of mauling by a bear either before or after death. An autopsy concluded that a bear attack was the cause of death. ...

Authorities Confirm Didsbury Hunter Killed By A Bear
CHQR - Calgary,Alberta,Canada
It is the second fatal bear attack on a hunter in that region in the last year. Fish and Wildlife is trying to identify the animal involved in this week's ...

Locals outraged at Aussie attack bear shooting
Melbourne Herald Sun - Australia
THE shooting of a bear that attacked an Australian in the Canadian ski resort village of Whistler has sparked outrage among locals. ...

Shooting fury after bear attack
PerthNow - Perth,WA,Australia
By Peter Mitchell in Los Angeles AN Australian tourist has been bitten by a bear at a ski resort - but it is the shooting of the animal that has sparked ...

Bears are fattening up - stay out of their way
Little Chicago Review - Chicago,IL,USA
“If you’re hunting in grizzly bear country, we recommend hunting with a partner and encourage every hunter to carry bear spray,” he said. ...

Alberta wildlife officers looking for bear after
Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada
"Conceivably he could have been attacked by a bear and the bear wins or he could have had a heart attack and the bear found him." Although the man has not ...
Alberta wildlife officers looking for bear following death of hunter
Edmonton Sun - Alberta, Canada
Jim Pissot says while hikers are told to make noise and travel in groups to avoid attack, hunters tend to do the opposite. ...

Black bear breaks into Subway sandwich shop
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
The black bear is the most common bear species in North America, but they are less likely to attack humans than grizzly bears. It is estimated that there ...

Bear bites tourist in Whistler, bruin shot dead
The Province - Vancouver,BC,Canada
Sylvia Dolson of the Get Bear Smart Society said it was the fourth bear attack in the last two years in Whistler. "Conservation officers tell us there are ...

Bear Market
Backpacker Magazine - USA
While there is not a new magic bullet, studies on the efficacy of bear spray continue to demonstrate its value as a deterrent. ...

Minnesota homeowner shoots black bear clawing at door
Minneapolis Star Tribune - Minneapolis,MN,USA
Mr Bear, please step away from my door so I can get the garden hose and spray you with it. I'm sure the reason he … read more didn't banged some pots and ..

Governor's committee honors Alaska man who survived bear mauling
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner - Fairbanks,AK,USA
AP ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- A man blinded in a grizzly attack five years ago has been named Alaskan of the Year by the Governor's Committee on Employment and ...

Tips for homeowners, hunters to protect against bears
Great Falls Tribune - Great Falls,MT,USA
Hunters moving through thick brush could encounter a bear, which is why Madel recommends that they carry bear spray instead of a sidearm, ...

Orphaned Bear Cub Is Exception to the Rule
Kansas City infoZine - Kansas City,MO,USA
Most black bear attacks occur because the animal is frightened or defending its cubs against a perceived threat. Black bears are excellent climbers, ...

Deputy shoots, kills Ohio pet bear after attack
WTTE - Columbus,OH,USA
MOUNT GILEAD, Ohio (AP) -- A sheriff's deputy is recovering from injuries after he was attacked by a 450-pound pet bear he was forced to shoot and kill. ...

Deputy Kills Pet Bear After Attack
10TV - Columbus,OH,USA
MOUNT GILEAD, Ohio — A Morrow County Sheriff's deputy said he was forced to shoot and kill a pet bear that escaped and attacked him. ...

Bear kills four in Orissa
Times of India - India
KORAPUT: Four persons, including a woman and her son, were killed and two others critically injured in an attack by a bear in Dokriguda forest in Orissa's ...

Fairbanks outdoorsman shares his bear safety expertise
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner - Fairbanks,AK,USA
“Today it’s even more important to be bear savvy.” For this reason, Nava and his family carry bear spray when jogging or walking local trails — like those ...

Bear attack near town
Cochrane Times - Cochrane,Alberta,Canada
One other bear attack was recorded in Alberta this year. A man was mauled by a grizzly bear near Cadomin, 250 km southwest of Edmonton Aug. 18. ...

Young grizzlies’ release adds thrills and chills
Powell Tribune - Powell,WY,USA
Routine yes, but Ellsbury has a .44 pistol, a 12-gauge shotgun loaded with slugs and double-ought buck, and bear spray. Ellsbury grew up on horseback. ...

RCMP receive bear training
Arrow Lakes News - Nakusp,British Columbia,Canada
He went on to say it’s important to always be prepared when in the wilderness by carrying pepper spray and a six-shot pistol with bangers. Bears run on a ...

Officers hunt bear after fisherman attacked
Calgary Herald - AB, Canada
Needham said he's seen more bears than usual in inhabited areas this year, and warned people against fishing alone, especially without bear spray.

Explanations for black bear attacks differ
WRCB-TV - Chattanooga,TN,USA
An authority on bear attacks, Stephen Herrero of the University of Calgary, told the Knoxville News Sentinel that 62 people have been killed by black bears ...

New Milford bear was well-liked by neighbors
Danbury News Times - Danbury,CT,USA
A problem bear, that is, one that enters a home, will sometimes be given "negative stimuli," including a loud noise, rubber buckshot or pepper spray.

Man recovering after bear attack
Edmonton Sun - Alberta, Canada
Whiteside said it is not known what provoked the bear to attack the fisherman. “Maybe he did have a fish,” he said. Earlier this week, a man in Port Renfrew ...

Black bear spotted in Surrey backyard
Surrey Leader - BC, Canada
He now carries bear spray on his belt. “It was kind of a spooky feeling,” Staunton said. “I was looking around wondering, ‘Is that thing coming back? ...

Bear attack leaves lady shaken, sore
Alaska Star - Eagle River,AK,USA
Armstrong still has a 3-inch, hook-shaped mark on her back from the attack. Just then Shadow appeared. The bear was distracted and went after the dog. ...

Black bear swims across river to attack fisherman
Times Online - UK
Local conservation officer Gord Hitchcock said: “This is the first major aggressive black bear attack causing that kind of injury on Vancouver Island. ...

'He wanted to eat that guy'
Vancouver Sun - British Columbia, Canada
The dead bear was left in the boat until a conservation officer arrived to take it away. "This is the first major aggressive black-bear attack causing that ...

Bear boards boat to attack Vancouver Island man
CTV.ca - Canada
Even after the fisherman tossed his salmon in the water, the bear continued to attack. Vancouver Island conservation officer Gordon Hitchcock said it took ...

Bear boards boat to attack Vancouver Island man
CTV.ca - Canada
None of the bear attacks this year have been "typical" behaviour. Maybe we need to revaluate what "typical" black bear behaviour actually is. ...

'Off-the-wall' bear attack in tiny BC town leaves residents stunned
The Canadian Press - VICTORIA
VICTORIA — A Vancouver Island man is recovering in hospital after a black bear swam across a river, climbed onto a dock and then jumped on a boat to attack ...

Man wounded in Vancouver Island bear attack
AOL Canada - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
A Saltspring Island man was hospitalized after being attacked by a bear on the West Coast of Vancouver Island. RCMP Corp. Barb Cottingham said the attack

MAN SURVIVES BEAR ATTACK IN PORT RENFREW
C-FAX 1070 - Victoria,BC,Canada
A SALT SPRING ISLAND MAN HAS AN AMAZING STORY OF SURVIVAL TO TELL AFTER HE WAS ATTACKED BY A BEAR YESTERDAY NEAR PORT RENFREW. ...

Bystanders rescue man from bear
Canada.com - Don Mills,Ontario,Canada
The attack left "lots of puncture wounds" on his body but "he is doing really good." Cheeseman said Pharis, an employee at the Saltspring Island liquor ...

Men kill bear after BC fisherman mauled on boat
Calgary Herald - AB, Canada
Pharis's friend Leslie Cheeseman said Pharis is doing "remarkably well" in Royal Jubilee Hospital in Victoria. The attack left "lots of puncture wounds" on ...

Man ends brutal bear attack with 'best knife'
Globe and Mail - Canada
He could see half a dozen men were already trying to pry the bear off its victim without success in an unusual, sustained attack. "I grabbed my best knife. ...

Bear attacks woman
Kashmir Live - New Delhi,New Delhi,India
A woman was critically injured in a bear attack in Anantnag district, a police spokesman said. Srinagar, September 9: A woman was critically injured in a ...

After the Attack
KULR-TV - Billings,MT,USA
By Sarah Gravlee BILLINGS - Fifty days after being attacked by a grizzly bear in Montana, an Oregon man said he's doing well. A grizzly came into Steve ...

Number of attacks grows with black bear population
Knoxville News Sentinel - Knoxville,TN,USA
By Marti Davis (Contact) A black bear finds a birdfeeder on a porch near the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Black bear attacks on people have ...

Population increases may explain bear attacks
Knoxville News Sentinel - Knoxville,TN,USA
That theory - and several others - has been suggested to explain a steady increase in black bear attacks on humans, mostly in Canada. ...

Drunken Beijing Zoo worker unable to bear panda attack
LIVENEWS.com.au - Sydney,NSW,Australia
A drunken Beijing Zoo labourer has learnt the hard way that cuddly pandas are, in fact, wild animals. According to reports in the UK’s Mirror, ...

Cougars Fall Victim to Bear Attack
Kitsap Sun - WA, United States
By Howie Stalwick Washington State fans Tina Williams, center, and her daughter Maisy, 8, and son Clarence, 14, watch the final few minutes of California's ...

Kentucky Woman Recalls Bear Attack
kypost.com - Covington,KY,USA
At first, Dellenbaugh thought one of the other women may have been having a nightmare, but she quickly realized it was a bear attack, Dudgeon said. ...

Bear Fair in Missoula Saturday
Great Falls Tribune - Great Falls,MT,USA
Then, at 2 pm, guests will have the chance to make plaster casts of bear tracks. Afternoon demonstrations will also include how and when to use bear spray ...

Couple Sending Bears a Message
East Mountain Telegraph - Cedar Crest,NM,USA
... “hazing,” and suggested that, after trapping a bear, the state department do things like shoot rubber bullets at the bear and hit it with pepper spray. ...

Orphaned cub caught by couple
United Press International - USA
3 (UPI) -- Anchorage home owners captured a runaway bear cub whose mother had been killed after suspicions of involvement in two state park attacks. ...

Bear victim relives attack
KTUU - Anchorage,AK,USA
by Angela Blanchard ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Just two months ago, Petra Davis was clinging to life in the hospital after surviving a bear attack. ...

Large Black Bear Attacks Pot Grow In Garfield County
KUTV - Salt Lake City,UT,USA
A bear attacked the marijuana grow in Garfield County pleasing law enforcement. (Garfield County Sheriff's Office) A very large bear decided to attack the ...

Bristol Woman Scares Off Grizzly After Attack in Alaska
Lincoln County News - Damariscotta,ME,USA
By Emily Elliott A peaceful women's spiritual wilderness retreat turned tragic after a grizzly bear wandered into camp and unable to find food, ...

Engle: A trip into Alaskan bear country
Daily Camera - CO,USA
By Ed Engle A week ago in Alaska, we were all packing bear spray. That probably won’t seem unreasonable to most of you. Everybody’s heard a bear story or ...

Bear attack outbreak
Kuensel, Buhutan's National Newspaper - Bhutan
... another farmer, Khem Raj, from the same village, was brought to the Phuentsholing general hospital with severe injuries after a bear attack. ...

Ky. woman survives grizzly attack in Alaska
Kentucky.com - Lexington,KY,USA
By Tim Mowry FAIRBANKS, Alaska — The grizzly bear that attacked Jo Ann Staples inside her tent at a remote camping spot in the Brooks Range on Thursday ...

Bear attacks full-grown horse in Rindge
The Keene Sentinel - Keene,NH,USA
By Phillip Bantz, Sentinel Staff RINDGE — A horse was injured early Friday morning in an apparent bear attack, according to a state wildlife official. ...

Guide likely saved bear attack victim's life
Anchorage Daily News (subscription) - Anchorage,AK,USA
Sandstrum brought the bear spray. "It was just the two women standing shoulder to shoulder against the bear,'' Dudgeon said. They decided to use the bear ...

Bear mauling survivor recalls attack in Gate of the Arctic park
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner - Fairbanks,AK,USA
The women continued to bang on pots and yell at the bear until it retreated, Dudgeon said. Staples described the mauling as “a ferocious, violent attack,” ...

Grizzly attacks woman in tent
Anchorage Daily News (subscription) - Anchorage,AK,USA
Park Service spokesman John Quinley said they shouted at the bear and used pepper spray to drive it off. The woman, who has yet to be identified, ...

Families stretch their physical limits on multisport vacations
USA Today - USA
Still, Bill totes a can of hot-pepper bear spray. The first sport — off-road biking — rolls out in Bridger-Teton National Forest. After a crash tutorial in ...

Black Bear Attacks Alpaca on Frederick Farm
MyFox Washington DC - Washington,DC,USA
Authorities say if the bear is caught, he'll be reconditioned. That means wildlife officers will pepper spray him, then fire rubber bullets and projectiles ...

Grizzly bear mauls woman in Gates of the Arctic National Park
KTUU - Anchorage,AK,USA
Bear-human incidents are rare in Gates of the Arctic. A bear attack in 1996 near the Noatak River resulted in the park's only bear fatality. ...

Bear attack prompts partial park closure
Anchorage Daily News (subscription) - Anchorage,AK,USA
AP The National Park Service has closed part of Gates of the Arctic National Park in response to a bear mauling. A woman was attacked at her camp site in ...

Dog kills cub; owner charged
Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia,PA,USA
JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP, NJ - The owner of a Rottweiler that authorities say killed a black bear cub this week will face charges brought by the New Jersey ...

Black bear attacks alpaca at farm near Frederick
Baltimore Sun - United States
The bear has not been seen since the attack last week at the farm near Gambrill Park Road. Diana Wilson says she and her husband were awakened in the middle ...

Camping this weekend?
Bay Today - North Bay,ON,Canada
Practice hanging a pack before you go - Think about bringing a whistle, air horn, long-handled axe or pepper spray. If you bring pepper spray,

IN BRIEF
Fresno Bee (subscription) - Fresno,CA,USA
The bear truth: "Grizzly Man" Timothy Treadwell's life was cut short by a bear attack. A companion also died in the same attack. ...

Black bear mauls alpaca
Frederick News Post (subscription) - Frederick,MD,USA
Because they often travel and eat wherever there is food, Spiker doubts the bear that attacked the alpaca will return to the farm. Black bear attacks in ...

Wild Files: Alaska Salmon Fishing with the Honas Family
LocalNews8.com - Idaho Falls,ID,USA
We spotted a dozen, but I only got shots of one, because I was always armed with bear spray instead of a camera. That was my official job.

Driver hits grizzly crossing Anchorage street
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
DNA showed that bear was not the one responsible for the most serious attack, on a 15-year-old bicyclist. The grizzlies come into Anchorage in the summer to

In through the outdoors
MSNBC - USA
The thought of coming across a bear on a hike is actually petrifying. My friend Ellie and I will be arming ourselves with plenty of bear spray. ...

Bear cleared in bicyclist's attack
Fort Mills Times - Fort Mill,SC,USA
Preliminary genetic testing indicates the bear killed Tuesday was not the one that attacked a 15-year-old bicyclist taking part in an all-night race earlier ...

Shoe found inside bear after attack
Asheville Citizen-Times - NC,USA
They believe that the bear stalked the boy as prey. Park officials have said the attack was unprovoked and the preliminary forensic information revealed ...

Family has close encounter of the bear kind in North Gower
Canada.com - Don Mills,Ontario,Canada
In another attack, a 23-year-old woman jogging on a trail near Lake Louise, Alta., was bitten several times while she played dead. If a black bear makes ...

Another West Coast bear killed
The Westerly - Tofino,BC,Canada
... in the past had been doing all they could to discourage the bear from coming into town, hazing it with bear bombs, bear spray and even rubber bullets. ...

Fla. man's shoe found in stomach of slain bear
Daily Comet - Thibodaux,LA,USA
This was only the eighth bear attack in the past decade on a visitor to the Great Smokies, which is home to about 1600 black bears and receives more than 9 ...

Orphaned bear cubs find home on top of mountain
Vancouver Sun - British Columbia, Canada
... a week at a time in the field, guided by satellite and VHF signals from the bears' radio collars, and equipped only with common sense and pepper spray. ...

Bear shot after attacking boy in Great Smokies
Asheville Citizen-Times - NC,USA
A 6-year-old girl was killed in a bear attack in the Cherokee National Forest on the North Carolina-Tennessee line in 2006. A woman also was killed by a ...

Tlingit perspective can help us coexist with urban bears
Anchorage Daily News (subscription) - Anchorage,AK,USA
I travel armed with pepper spray and usually a dog. I keep my ears open. There is no need for an iPod when I can listen to the wind, the birds, ...

Bear attacks inside Anchorage have people on edge
The Associated Press -
Seconds later, however, a bear rushed at him from the woods and knocked him to the ground. "I wasn't going to lay down and take it. The bear came and tried ...
Grizzly mauls man in Alberta
CBC.ca - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
Earlier this month, a woman in Coquitlam, BC, suffered serious injuries in a black bear attack while she was gardening in her front yard. The bear was later ...

Hiker recovering after bear attack near Hinton
Canada.com - Don Mills,Ontario,Canada
The bear was not provoked or seen by the hiker prior to the attack, RCMP said. District Fish and Wildlife officers are assisting with the investigation.
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'He was going to eat me,' says bear mauling victim
Calgary Herald - AB, Canada
A British Columbia woman nearly killed in a vicious bear attack outside her home while she was gardening has described the horror of hearing the bear chomp

BC woman describes horrific bear encounter
CTV.ca - Canada
Just a week after surviving a horrific encounter with a black bear, Coquitlam, BC, resident Katy Yin spoke about her experience for the first time Tuesday. ...

Bear encounters bring buddy rules to Moraine Lake trails
Calgary Herald - AB, Canada
... avoiding areas with fresh scat or lots of berries that indicate a bear may be in the area, to hike with pets on leash and carry bear spray.

Co-existing with bears a conundrum
The Province - Vancouver,BC,Canada
These can be further reinforced by the use of bear dogs like Great Pyrenees, rubber bullets, acoustic devices, rocks and bear spray. ...

black bear attack update
Seymour Herald - Seymour,TN,USA
Evan and John Pala, the victims of an 86-pound young male black bear attack that occurred in Great Smoky Mountains National Park last evening around 7:30 pm ...

How to Survive a Bear Attack
Walrus Magazine - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
Your response to a bear encounter or attack should be different depending on the bear’s behavior and the circumstances, not the species. ...

Travels in the Great Northwest
Sierra Sun - Truckee,CA,USA
We also advise anyone using the out-of-doors to carry pepper spray with him in case of an encounter with a bear. “Outdoorsmen should also be on the watch ...

City closes Rover's Run after maulings
Anchorage Daily News (subscription) - Anchorage,AK,USA
The move follows a bear attack Friday, in which jogger Clivia Feliz, 51, was left with a partially collapsed lung, a torn arm, and puncture marks on her ...

Bear attack victim speaks to NOW
Vancouver Sun - British Columbia, Canada
She stood up and turned around, not knowing the bear lurked behind her. The small-framed woman looked right in his eyes and knew he was about to attack. ...

Anchorage closes park trail after bear attacks
KTUU - Anchorage,AK,USA
The city is urging recreational users in others parts of the park to travel in groups of 3 or more, make noise and carry bear spray.

BC woman nearly killed by bear describes attack
Canada.com - Don Mills,Ontario,Canada
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia woman nearly killed in a vicious bear attack outside her home while she was gardening has described the horror of hearing the ...

Black bear attacks boy in Smokies; father also hurt
Knoxville News Sentinel - Knoxville,TN,USA
Black bear attacks are rare, according to the North American Bear Center. Between 1900 and 2007, only 60 people were killed in black bear attacks across

Journal of Wildlife Management
We present a comprehensive look at a sample of bear spray incidents that occurred in Alaska, USA, from 1985 to 2006. We analyzed 83 bear spray incidents involving brown bears (Ursus arctos; 61 cases, 74%), black bears ...

Second bear attack in Anchorage park
Seattle Times - United States
Another Anchorage resident has been mauled by a grizzly bear in a city park popular with joggers and bicyclists. By The Associated Press ANCHORAGE — Another ...

Second Anchorage resident mauled by bear in city park
Seattle Times - United States
Police after the attack organized a hasty patrol down Rover's Run, toting shotguns and nonlethal weapons as they examined the scene of the attack. ...

Firefighter not holding grudge after bear pouncing
Great Falls Tribune - Great Falls,MT,USA
He also teaches firefighters how to use pepper spray. "If I were a firefighter and going to fight a fire (in an area) rich with bears, like Yellowstone ...

'Awestruck and in total panic,' Yukon man survives grizzly attack
AOL Canada - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
A man from Haines Junction, Yukon, is crediting a smart dog, a sturdy tree and a can of bear spray with saving him from a recent grizzly bear attack. ...

Province urging bear safety
Lac du Bonnet Leader - Lac du Bonnet,Manitoba,Canada
When walking in bear country, people are encouraged to take a walking stick, an air-horn, and pepper spray. Hiking is an activity that should never be done ...

Bear attack in New Cuyama kills several pets
KSBY - San Luis Obispo,CA,USA
San Luis Obispo County sheriff's deputies kill a bear after it mauls eight dogs at a home in New Cuyama. The attack happened early Thursday morning at a ...

Biting black bear destroyed
Canmore Leader - Canmore,Alberta,Canada
“We will never know what made this bear attack that day.” A bear suspected of the attack was shot last week after it acted aggressively toward a warden ...

Another aggressive bear shot in Coquitlam, BC
CTV.ca - Canada
1) Let the bear attack someone before it falls asleep. 2) Kill the bear so people don't get hurt or die. If a bear was attacking you or your child, ...

Fist fight with sow
Alaska Star - Eagle River,AK,USA
Rees said doctors told him his injuries were minor compared to some of the other bear attack victims they've seen recently. Doctors covered the wounds, ...

Great Falls firefighter back to work after bear attack
KPAX-TV - Missoula,MT,USA
Tony Allabastro was fighting the LeHardy Fire in Yellowstone Park on Sunday when he was roughed up by a bear that was apparently fleeing the fire. ...

Bear attacks Coquitlam woman in her garden
Calgary CTV - Calgary,AB,Canada
As a homeowner am I allowed to protect myself with bear spray or some other deterrent? NO! When I have repeatedly reported this animal does anyone respond? ...

Eagle River man fends off bear with fists and feet
Anchorage Daily News (subscription) - Anchorage,AK,USA
As suddenly as the attack began, the bear released him. He didn't wait around. Rees began staggering up the road, shoeless and with pants shredded, ...

Romania's bears a headache for the authorities
AFP - BUCHAREST (AFP) — Authorities in Romania, one of the last countries in Europe with a large bear population, have grown worried about the animals' increasing ...

Park wardens destroy bear involved in jogger attack
AOL Canada - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
A black bear who bit a jogger near Lake Louise in July was destroyed Tuesday, a Parks Canada news release said. The bear, which had a scar on its leg, ...

Woman attacked by bear in her Coquitlam, BC garden
Aug 6, 2008 - Coquitlam, B.C. - A 35-year-old Lower Mainland woman was taken to hospital after being mauled by a black bear ...

Park wardens kill dangerous bear
Calgary CTV - Calgary,AB,Canada
... on the highway in Kananaskis over the weekend. Anyone who encounters a bear is advised to back away from the animal, talk to it, and deploy bear spray.

Bear attack victim: I heard 'Chomp, chomp, chomp'
Bakersfield Californian (subscription) - Bakersfield,CA,USA
... Hansen said she wants to visit schools, and use the attack to benefit others by telling young girls to fight back if ever attacked by a bear.

Cooke City campgrounds reopen after bear attack
Cody Enterprise - Cody,WY,USA
He said the campground host moved back to Soda Butte Campground, the scene of the 3 am bear attack, about a week ago, and both campgrounds were opened to ...

Angry bear attacks two Cambodians
Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa
Phnom Penh - Two Cambodian men searching for firewood were attacked by an angry mother bear apparently protecting her cubs, local media reported on Monday. ...

Bear roughs up Yellowstone firefighter
Casper Star-Tribune Online - Casper,WY,USA
"We really feel like it was the bear trying to get out of the area," she said. Firefighters on the Yellowstone fire are carrying pepper spray for bears, ...

Springfield man recalls bear attack in Montana
The Oregonian - OregonLive.com - Portland,OR,USA
So REI gave Bartley a new replacement four-man tent for free and threw in a can of bear spray that Bartley said he'll never again leave at home. ...

Woman who survived bear attack tells of ordeal
Mirror.co.uk - London,UK
By Jane Adams, sundaymirror.co.uk 3/08/2008 A woman who survived being at tacked by a bear has described in horrifying detail how the animal ripped her face ...

Beware of bears
Calgary CTV - Calgary,AB,Canada
Park officials say hikers, bikers and campers should travel in groups, make noise, carry bear spray and stay alert in areas with a high concentrations of ...

Bear sightings on the rise
Warren Record - Warrenton,NC,USA
Recent reports of bear attacks in other states may cause concern for local residents, but despite a bear population of 11000 in North Carolina, ...

Lois Henry: Bear attack details shouldn't be kept secret
Bakersfield Californian (subscription) - Bakersfield,CA,USA
In the case of the recent bear attack in the Piute mountains, I’m having a big problem with the fact that the Department of Fish and Game has withheld key ...

YELLOWSTONE ORDEAL YIELDS NEW TENT, HAPPY CAMPER
The Register-Guard - Eugene,OR,USA
The store even threw in a can of bear spray that Bartley said he’ll never again leave home without. “This is really kind of you folks to do this,” Bartley, ...

Son of bear attack victim speaks out
abc7.com - Los Angeles,CA,USA
(KABC) -- The son of the victim of a bear attack spoke Monday afternoon about his mother's ordeal. Alec Newman was accompanied by his mother's doctors.

Doctor describes bear attack victim's injuries
San Diego Union Tribune - United States
AP LOS ANGELES – Doctors have described the severe head injuries suffered by a woman who was attacked by a bear a week ago in the rural Piute area of Kern ...

Bear inspires screams, gunshot
Longmont Daily Times-Call - Longmont,CO,USA
That’s the account given by Davidson’s 16-year-old daughter, who survived Thursday’s attack in the driveway of the family’s former home in Bennett and spoke

UAA runner races a grizzly and gets lucky
Anchorage Daily News (subscription) - Anchorage,AK,USA
Short of that, they say, it is wise to stay alert -- leave the headphones at home -- and carry bear spray to douse any bear that might be encountered.

Huckleberry Time is Here!
Moscow-Pullman Daily News - Moscow,ID,USA
Black bears are voracious huckleberry eaters. Carry some kind of protection such as a big stick, bear spray, or a firearm. (Several outdoor sporting goods ...

Woman in horror mauling by bear
The Press Association -
... whether that contributed to the attack. Dogs sometimes provoked bear attacks by inadvertently getting between a mother bear and her cubs, Mr Morse said.

Oregon Man Survives Grizzly Attack
WCSH-TV - Portland,ME,USA
59-year old Steven Bartley said he fought the bear before it suddenly ran away. He's still recovering from the bear attack that happened as he slept in his ...

Woman survives bear attack
Banff Crag & Canyon - Banff,Alberta,Canada
By Shawn Slaght Quick thinking may have saved the life of 23-year-old Charisse D’Hamers, following a black bear attack on an abandoned road in Lake Louise ...

Bear holds woman's head in its jaws
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
Abby Sisk, 21, is in a critical condition after the attack on Wednesday, which occurred as she was returning from a hike to the Kenai Princess Lodge at ...

Woman hurt in grizzly bear attack
The Press Association -
A 21-year-old woman needed emergency surgery after being attacked by a grizzly bear about 25 yards from an Alaskan lodge. Abby Sist, of Utah, was attacked

Grizzly attacks woman outside Alaska lodge
HeraldNet - Everett,WA,USA
By Mark Thiessen AP ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- A grizzly bear attacked a woman, wrapping its jaws around her head before a guest scared it away. ...

Woman recovering after bear attack
abc7.com - Los Angeles,CA,USA
Her two dogs were injured in the attack as well, but they survived. Bear attacks are rare in the area. Fish and game officials say they'll interview the ...

Bear bites jogger in Banff
Jasper Booster - Alberta, Canada
The bear’s future has yet to be determined. Morrison said the best way to avoid a similar close call was by packing bear spray and avoiding trails covered ...

Warning, hikers: Bear attack east of Bakersfield
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
A bear attacked and seriously injured a woman hiking in the Walker basin area east of Bakersfield today. The woman suffered facial lacerations to the face ...

Victim of bear attack recovering from hand wounds
The Olympian - Olympia,WA,USA
In Montana’s Cooke City area near Yellowstone, two baited bear traps were in place Friday at the Soda Butte campground where the attack occurred as Bartley ...

Oregon motorcyclist survives nighttime griz attack near Cooke City
Cody Enterprise - Cody,WY,USA
“That bear shoulda-coulda killed me,” he said. To me it sounds like a bear that should be euthanized.” The bear attack has not dampened Bartley's enthusiasm

Playing dead failed to halt bear attack
TheChronicleHerald.ca - Halifax,Nova Scotia,Canada
"When you go out for a walk, you’re to take bear spray with you and you’re not to allowed to walk alone," she wrote. "Black bears don’t scare me much but ...

Campgrounds Near Yellowstone National Park Closed after Bear
TransWorldNews (press release) - Monroe,GA,USA
The man was believed to have taken the proper precautions for storing food leaving authorities wondering what caused the aggressive attack. ...

Bear attempts to break in
Nova News Now - New Minas,Nova Scotia,Canada
“There has never been a bear attack in Nova Scotia,” she said. “That is not to say people shouldn’t still use caution,” she added.

Victim of bear attack identified
KPAX-TV - Missoula,MT,USA
(AP) - A man attacked by a bear while camping in the Cooke City area has been identified as an Oregon resident. West Park Hospital in Cody, Wyo., ...

Bear attack near Cooke City
KPAX-TV - Missoula,MT,USA
A man was injured Thursday morning when a bear entered his tent at the Soda Butte Campground near Cooke City. The man suffered bites to his hand and arm.

Bear attack closes 2 Montana campgrounds
Great Falls Tribune - Great Falls,MT,USA
GARDINER (AP) — A bear entered a tent and bit a camper in the Gallatin National Forest on Thursday, leading the Forest Service to evacuate and close two

Bear attack closes 2 Montana campgrounds
The Missoulian - Missoula,MT,USA
By AP GARDINER - A bear entered a tent and bit a camper in the Gallatin National Forest on Thursday, leading the Forest Service to evacuate and close two

Bear attack closes 2 Montana campgrounds
KPAX-TV - Missoula,MT,USA
(AP) - Gallatin National Forest officials have evacuated and temporarily closed two campgrounds near Cooke City, after a bear entered a tent and bit a ...

Female jogger suffers bites to legs and back during attack by ...
CanadaEast.com - Moncton,New Brunswick,Canada
Wardens in two national parks on the Alberta-British Columbia boundary are on the lookout for a black bear that attacked a female jogger in a day use area, ...

Brown bear troubles continue: Cooper Landing man traps 2 young ...
Kenai Peninsula Online - Kenai,AK,USA
Lewis hit the bear with a rubber slug, he said, and the campsite host sprayed it with pepper spray. Lewis was accompanied by a US Forest Service protection ...

Horse attacked; owners suspect cougar or bear
Sarnia Observer - Ontario, Canada
BY DAVID PATTENAUDE WYOMING — A local couple whose horse was seriously injured in a night attack believe a bear or cougar may have been responsible. ...

Rules set for hikers as bears forage in Banff
AOL Canada - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
He said hikers should always looks for signs of bears, carry bear spray and make noise while hiking. Michel also recommends leaving pets like dogs at home, ...

Hikers yield to Banff bears
Calgary Herald - AB, Canada
Those visiting the park are encouraged to always be on the lookout for signs of bear activity, carry bear spray and make noise. If a sighting does occur, ...

Man killed in bear attack at Ukraine zoo
United Press International - USA
KIEV, Ukraine, July 13, 2008

Bear attacks two more
Newindpress - Chennai,Tamil Nadu,India
NUAPADA: PANIC gripped the villages of Darlipada, Hatisara, Rengalbahal, Siletpani and Jambahali under Komna block after another attack by the wild bear on ...

Seven injured in bear attack
Thaindian.com - Bangkok,Bangkok,Thailand
The bear also attacked the district sub-collector Dhrubaraj Pandey, who had gone to the village after receiving reports about the bear attack. ...

Buffalo berries starting to ripen
Canmore Leader - Canmore,Alberta,Canada
Hikers and bikers should carry bear spray and hike in groups. “If you are hiking on trails, keep your dogs on leash,” Rees said. “Because a bear could get ...

Bear attacks dog in BX area
Vernon Morning Star - BC, Canada
“It wasn’t the bear’s fault. The bear wasn’t trying to attack me but Titan chased him away,” said Smith, who believes the bear fought back because it felt ...

'Bear attack was state's responsibility'
The Local - Sweden
A 29-year-old man from central Sweden is suing the state for 300000 kronor ($50000) after he was attacked by a bear earlier this year, Aftonbladet reports. ...

Bears among us: Too close for comfort?
Anchorage Daily News (subscription) - Anchorage,AK,USA
He never worried about bears and rarely saw one. Now, he said, encounters are regular enough that he usually carries bear spray. ...

Brown bears close, elusive
Anchorage Daily News (subscription) - Anchorage,AK,USA
And each leader must carry bear spray, a BLM radio, a cell phone and a safety pack. They also must be practiced in using bear spray, Brune said. ...

Guns-in-parks comment period extended
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
Folks were not happy when a 60-day comment period on new rules allowing loaded guns in national parks and wildlife refuges ended at midnight on the East ...

Japan braces for terror and bear attacks ahead of G8 - Feature
Earthtimes (press release) - London,UK
... of the summit town Toyako only five bear warnings, again, leaving nothing to chance, security personnel have been issued with anti-bear spray and a bell.

Trail closed; attack sparks debates
Anchorage Daily News (subscription) - Anchorage,AK,USA
But national television news programs were trying to contact the Davis family on Monday to get the bear attack story.

Feds seek dismissal of bear lawsuit
Daily Herald - Provo,UT,USA
The United States government is asking the US District Court to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the family of a 12-year-old boy who was killed by a bear in ...

Bear attacks woman in her home's doorway
WBIR-TV - Knoxville,TN,USA
A 58-year-old Oregon woman survived a black bear attack at her home just outside Sandy on Sunday night, officials said. About 11 pm, the Dora Sue Redford

Chances are a bear won't attack you... but what if?
KATU - Portland,OR,USA
People who are actually in bear country, hiking and camping, should carry bear pepper spray. If you're just in your backyard and you get attacked by a bear, ...

Feds ask that bear lawsuit be dismissed
Salt Lake Tribune - United States
... Monday asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit accusing the federal government of negligence in the death of an 11-year-old boy in a bear attack last year. ...

Cyclist recounts finding bear mauling victim on trail
Anchorage Daily News (subscription) - Anchorage,AK,USA
... dumped in the bushes along a Far North Bicentenial Park trail early Sunday morning, the thought of a horrific bear attack never even crossed his mind. ...

Teen survives ‘horrifying’ injuries from grizzly attack
MSNBC - USA
She basically just said, ‘Bear,’ and it was pretty clear that there had been an attack.” Though desperately injured, Davis handed Bassinger her cell phone. ...

Woman survives bear attack at home
KSN-TV - Wichita,KS,USA
By Jessica Oakley PORTLAND, Oregon, July 1, 2008 (NBC) -- A 58-year-old Oregon woman survived a black bear attack at her home just outside Sandy on Sunday ...

Expert: Girl was mauled on popular grizzly trail
The Associated Press -
... to move slowly and make noise to avoid surprising a bear. Hikers are counseled to carry cans of pepper spray that can spit out a cloud of choking gas. ...

Scary Alaska Travel: Bear Mauls Teenage Girl
Jaunted - USA
Says one local: It's not going to stop me from going out of the house and enjoying the short summer. But I'm thinking we should buy some bear spray.

Shepherd Injured in Bear Attack in Kashmir
NewsBlaze - Folsom,CA,USA
By Fayaz Wani Srinagar, June 30: A shepherd was critically injured in a bear attack in Kashmir on Monday. A police spokesman told NewsBlaze that a shepherd, ...

Prosecutors seek dismissal of American Fork Canyon bear attack lawsuit
KUTV - Salt Lake City,UT,USA
Federal prosecutors on Monday asked a judge to dismiss a $2 million lawsuit filed against the US Forest Service after a fatal bear attack on an 11-year-old ...

Grizzly attacks teen bicycle racer in Alaska park
Chicago Tribune - United States
It's definitely not unheard of, Sinnott said, for a bear to charge someone moving by on a bicycle. In fact, the motion combined with surprise could trigger ...

Bear is shy, but people aren’t
Twentynine Palms Desert Trail - Twentynine Palms,CA,USA
As always in an emergency situation, such as a wild animal attack, call 9-1-1 immediately. It’s illegal to feed bears. For more information on laws ...

ACCENT: Problem bears
Sudbury Star - Sudbury,Ontario,Canada
The bees give the bear a protein snack. With about 500 bees on each frame, each side, probably about 1000-1500 were eaten." The bear attack isn't the first ...

How to avoid close encounters of the bear kind
Bay Today - North Bay,ON,Canada
Carry and have readily accessible a whistle or an air horn, and bear pepper spray. Know how to use the spray – practise on a stationary object to get a feel ...

Young Campers Encounter Bears in Bingham County
KPVI-TV - Pocatello,ID,USA
Fish and Game encourages hikers and campers to carry bear spray, and to know black bears can be yelled at in order to scare them away, but with grizzly ...

Bear Slashes Car
Mountain News - Lake Arrowhead,CA,USA
She's been advised to carry a whistle, a stick or a golf club and a can of pepper spray in case she encounters another bear. “I just want people to be aware ...

Grizzly sow attack interrupts quiet morning of mushroom picking
Seward Phoenix Log - Seward,AK,USA
It’s been one week since 54-year-old Jenne Danzl’s harrowing bear attack, and she isn’t lying in a hospital bed or resting on the couch. ...

Video captures wolf, grizzly bear interaction
Helena Independent Record - Helena,MT,USA
Other times, the mother bear makes her presence known and “bluff charges” the wolf, stopping short of an attack. Although seemingly playful, the underlying ...

Be on lookout: Black bear seen near Route 62
The Desert Sun - Palm Springs,CA,USA
AP • June 26, 2008 Who says the Southern California desert heat is un-bear-able? This would give one paws. It was 108 in Twentynine Palms on Tuesday and ...

Wildlife encounter
Salt Lake Tribune - United States
Never approach or feed a bear. Hike with a group, making noise as you travel through dense cover. Keep kids in the center of the group. Carry bear spray. ...

Tips For Living In Bear Country
TheDenverChannel.com - Denver,CO,USA
There are no definite rules about what to do if you meet a bear. In almost all cases, the bear will detect you first and will leave the area. Bear attacks ...

Black Bear sighted
Times Tribune of Corbin - Corbin,KY,USA
They are not carnivorous and rarely attack humans unless provoked. After more than an hour of being watched by law enforcement, the bear then crossed Hwy. ...

Why yes, that is a grizzly bear heading this way
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Milwaukee,WI,USA
He came back to me and we donned our bear spray. I ran up the road with a camera thinking he was hightailing it out of our area. ...

Grizzly bears: Survival hinges on humans
The Missoulian - Missoula,MT,USA
The IGBC also adopted a new bear spray policy that is intended to avoid any public misperception that the committee endorses any commercial product. ...

Face-to-Face With the Grizzly
Wall Street Journal - USA
Herrero says is effective in avoiding 80% to 90% of bear attacks. Mr. Rivest says he's never used the bear spray he carries. Still, it gives me some comfort ...

Unruly bear blamed for bee attack
London Free Press - Canada
It was likely a cub since a larger bear would've displaced more equipment, said Ferguson, who estimates the damage at $1000. Beekeepers for more than 40 ...

Brazen bruin gives homeowner a fright
TheChronicleHerald.ca - Halifax,Nova Scotia,Canada
"There has never been a bear attack in Nova Scotia," she said. "Not to say that they aren’t dangerous. But they are a fact of life and we do live with them ...

Seeley Lake: Bear panel says it will drop logos
The Missoulian - Missoula,MT,USA
By JOHN CRAMER of the Missoulian SEELEY LAKE - The government panel overseeing grizzly bears in the Lower 48 states stood behind its bear spray guidelines ...

Rangers hope modified Dumpsters deter bears
Park Record - Park City,UT,USA
Some biologists claim a bear's sense of smell is better than a dog's, so modified trash containers stop bears from accessing garbage at campsites. ...

Guess who’s coming to dinner?
Big Sky Weekly - Big Sky,MT,USA
If you’re out on a hike and see a bear or working or recreating in bear habitat, it’s better to be safe than sorry. Carry bear spray and know how to use it. ...

Big Sky Hikers
Big Sky Weekly - Big Sky,MT,USA
Hikers should bring their own bear spray, insect repellant, toilet paper and sunscreen. If you have questions regarding gear, ask a hike leader. ...

Bear is euthanized after encounter with woman
Tahoe Daily Tribune - South Lake Tahoe,CA,USA
The woman received "minor injuries" - scratches on her leg - from the attack and sought medical attention after the incident, said El Dorado County ...

Utah park rangers revamp bear safety education
Scripps News - Washington,DC,USA
It was the state's first and only documented fatal bear attack. Responding to public outcry, Uinta National Forest officials last fall worked with their ...

Jogger's pulse hits new high when grizzly charges
Anchorage Daily News (subscription) - Anchorage,AK,USA
Bear attacks -- already uncommon -- are even less common on groups of people. The bigger the group, the lower the odds a bear will attack.

Iceland police shoot second Greenland polar bear
Daily Telegraph - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
Did none of you read the article? The bear charged at the journalists. It was in attack mode and had to be dealt with then and there. ...

Grizzly panel to mark recovery anniversary this week
The Missoulian - Missoula,MT,USA
Among the agenda items are bear spray, grizzlies’ status in the Northern Rockies and North Cascades, and a new portable electric fence that can be set up ...

Woman escapes serious injury by bear
Anchorage Daily News (subscription) - Anchorage, AK,USA
Jenne Danzl, 54, appears on track to a full recovery after the attack on the south side of Skilak Lake near Cooper Landing at about 11 am Friday, ...

Hindu Mauled By Bear Near Temple in Kashmir
NewsBlaze - Folsom,CA,USA
About 350 people have been injured in such attacks. The wildlife experts have termed fencing on frontiers with Pakistan, expansion of human population as ...

Wildlife officials work on bear safety education
LocalNews8.com - Idaho Falls,ID,USA
It was Utah's first documented fatal bear attack. Federal officials won't say the attack prompted the new safety campaign. State officials this year ...

Rangers revamping bear safety education
Salt Lake Tribune - United States
It was state's first and only documented fatal bear attack. Responding to public outcry, Uinta National Forest officials last fall worked with their ...

Bear sightings become common
Danbury News Times - Danbury,CT,USA
They are decidedly unlikely to attack anybody. "If wildlife experts were really worried about saving lives, they'd do something about bee stings," said Lynn ...

Galena police kill bear in second attack
Anchorage Daily News (subscription) - Anchorage,AK,USA
By LISA DEMER The city of Galena is abuzz with its second black bear attack in less than 24 hours, and this time, the bear was shot and killed, ...

Has forest service made changes 1 year after deadly bear attack?
KSL-TV - Salt Lake City,UT,USA
But what has happened as a direct result from last year's bear attack that killed 11-year-old Samuel Ives? Clark says she can't comment on that. ...

The conservation of Whistler's black bears
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
But Ursus americanus - the normally wary, at times even docile black bear - still shows a striking reluctance to attack, even when defending its young. ...

Black bear attacks St. Bernard in Alaska village, loses fight
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner - Fairbanks,AK,USA
The chief said that no known or recorded bear attacks have occurred in or around Galena in the past 30 years. “It’s unusual to have them wander into town ...

Yet another bear stumbles into the 'Burgs
Pocono Record - Stroudsburg,PA,USA
Is this some kind of bear attack on the cities of eastern Pennsylvania? "Nope," said Tim Conway, the Pennsylvania Game Commission's Northeast Region ...

Bear attack, blow by blow
KVAL - Eugene,OR,USA
Then he tucked the gun beneath the bear's chin. But it quit. Wyckoff, left-handed, said he had accidentally released the ammunition clip. After the attack ...

Diamond driller survives attack from grizzly bear
Terrace Standard - BC, Canada
He himself had five confrontations prior to the attack. “It’s just something that happened,” Shorter said. “I’m not overly proud of having to kill a bear ...

Bear pays a visit
Meriden Record-Journal - Meriden,CT,USA
The Hogans, of 251 Grieb Road, and several of their neighbors said the visitor - a full-grown black bear weighing an estimated 300

Be beary alert in the woods
TheChronicleHerald.ca - Halifax,Nova Scotia,Canada
He stressed it is unlikely a black bear will attack. "Your chances of getting struck by lightning are greater." There are probably between 8000 and 10000 ...
unds - has been quiet

WEB EXTRA, Grizzly Attack
BCLocalNews - Victoria,BC,Canada
A Smithers man is lucky to be alive after he was attacked by a grizzly bear near the Klappan rail grade June 3. "The bear actually grabbed my rifle out of ...

Man mauled by grizzly kills bear, lives to tell tale
AOL Canada - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
Shorter escaped the attack with what he called minor injuries. He received 40 stitches, and suffered a broken hand and multiple puncture wounds. ...

Bear attack charges stayed
Northern News Services (subscription) - Yellowknife,Northwest Territories,Canada
YELLOWKNIFE - The two remaining charges faced by Yellowknife-based exploration company in an employee's death by bear attack were stayed this week.

Glide man recovering after run-in with bear
KPIC - Roseburg,OR,USA
By Dan Bain ROSEBURG - 33-year-old Aaron Wyckoff was out hunting for black bear Saturday east of Glide. He said one of the hunters in the party shot a bear, ...

Deputy says bear likely killed alpaca in Marathon County
Chicago Tribune - United States
Wisnewski says bear sightings are relatively common in Marathon County, but an attack on a domestic animal is rare. The alpaca was valued at $18000.

Deputy: Bear killed alpaca
Wausau Daily Herald - Wausau,WI,USA
Bear sightings are relatively common in Marathon County, but a bear attack on a domestic animal is rare, Wisnewski said. An alpaca is native to South ...

Quebec wildlife officials still searching for black bear that ...
CJAD - Montreal,Quebec,Canada
According to the Quebec Ministry of Natural Resources website, black bears rarely attack humans and only four people have been killed by the animals in ...

Victim of bear attack shares story
KVAL - Eugene,OR,USA
(AP) - A bear presumed to have been wounded by a hunter later mauled a friend of the shooter, the authorities said. Aaron Wyckoff, 33, of Glide, ...

W.Va. DNR investigates bear attack
Huntington Herald Dispatch - Huntington,WV,USA
Bear attacks are rare but wildlife officials are investigating the second such incident in West Virginia within a month. The latest attack occurred Saturday ...

Black bear attacks and kills grandmother, 70, on fishing trip
Globe and Mail - Canada
In 2007, a Calgary woman, who was cycling on a trail near a British Columbia resort, was stalked and killed by a black bear. Attacks sometimes occur in the ...

Bear Attack In Mercer County
WVVA TV - Quincy,IL,USA
Officers with the Department of Natural Resources continue investigating an alleged bear attack in Mercer County. The incident happened outside the ...

Dog survives bear fight
The Northwest Florida Daily News - Fort Walton Beach,FL,USA
... the attack Tuesday night. "She couldn't hardly walk. "And then I saw two bright red spots on her chest and I realized she got in a fight with the bear. ...

Wild Bear Mauls 3 People in Kashmir
NewsBlaze - Folsom,CA,USA
After the attack, panic gripped the entire area and people carrying bamboo sticks and stones ran in different directions to kill the wild animal. ...

Woman blames self for bear attack
The Patriot-News - PennLive.com - Harrisburg,PA,USA
BY JOHN BEAUGE BARBOURS - Denise Haldeman doesn't blame the bear that attacked her in the darkness outside her Lycoming County home May 12, injuring her and ...

DWR reminds campers to play it safe
Daily Herald - Provo,UT,USA
The following are bear safety tips issued in a recent DWR news release. With last summer's fatal bear attack in American Fork Canyon fresh on their minds, ...

Endanger Polar Bears? Doesn't Make Sense
Tampa Tribune - Tampa,FL,USA
An avid fisherman, Kjell had lost an arm and an eye in a polar bear attack. But that incident hadn't crimped his style — or his enthusiasm for Arctic ...

COLUMN: Being eaten can ruin your vacation
Chillicothe Gazette - Chillicothe,OH,USA
... still attacks hit the ground, roll into a ball and cover your head with your hands. But never, never run from a bear as any park ranger will tell you. ...

Bear sightings in Bucks County
6abc.com - Philadelphia,PA,USA
Experts say bears attack if they feel they or their young are threatened. They love black oil sunflower seeds often used in bird feeders.

If you go out in the woods today...
Ottawa Citizen - Ontario, Canada
Here is what matters: there has never been a recorded bear attack on a human in the park -- although joggers and cyclists have been confronted,

 Trap snags bear suspected in attack on woman, dog
The Patriot-News - PennLive.com - Harrisburg,PA,USA
The mother bear was caught in a trap that was set outside Denise Haldeman's home the day after the attack, state Game Commission spokesman Rick Mecklem said ...

West Virginia man survives rare bear attack
Daily Mail - Charleston - Charleston,WV,USA
(AP) -- A West Virginia man is recovering from a rare bear attack. Richard Hines Sr., says he was bitten on the leg, leaving 12 puncture wounds. ...

Black bear bites Hardy County man
Charleston Gazette - WV, USA
Local authorities and wildlife experts said they had never heard of a bear attack like the one Hines described. But West Virginia's black bear population is ...

Where bear goes, caution grows
The State - Columbia,SC,USA
Nobody has been injured in a bear attack in the state in recorded history, according to the SC Department of Natural Resources. Bear-human encounters have ...

A black bear roams the Midlands
The State - Columbia,SC,USA
While nobody has been injured in a bear attack in SC in recorded history, bear-human encounters have increased in the past 15 years as the development moves ...

Bear attack survivor: 'He's eating my brain and I can feel it'
KARE - Minneapolis,MN,USA
A man in British Columbia, Canada managed to drive to safety after a grizzly bear mauled him north of Vancouver. Describing his experience, he says he felt ...

Woman Injured in Bear Attack
WNEP-TV - Scranton,PA,USA
I just want to point out that this isn'ta predatory attack. It was more defensive," Wyant added. Wyant said he's handled two defensive bear attacks in the ...

Bear attack survivor: 'He's eating my brain and I can feel it'
KARE - Minneapolis,MN,USA
A man in British Colombia, Canada managed to drive to safety after a grizzly bear mauled him north of Vancouver. Describing his experience, he says he felt ...

Attack Style Points To Mountain Lion As Possible Predator
KOAT - USA
However, there's a big difference between a bear and a cat, both physically and in their attack style. "A bear would look completely different than a cat," ...

BC man tells of surviving grizzly attack
CTV.ca - Canada
A Vancouver Island man, who survived an attack by a grizzly bear, said he was working in the bush when a sixth sense told him he wasn't alone. ...

'He's eating my brain. I can feel it,' recalls bear attack survivor
AOL Canada - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
The bear suddenly seemed to have enough and pushed him into the mud, still grunting and snorting, Case said. The bear then moved off after the attack. ...

Friday's editorial: Protect the polar bears
Kansas City Star - MO,USA
Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne has listed the polar bear as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. It’s the first step toward reversing ...

Bear attacks woman tending bird feeders in back yard
The Patriot-News - PennLive.com - Harrisburg,PA,USA
The attack occurred about 50 feet from the home's back patio, said Bradley Stine, Plunketts Creek Twp. fire chief. Firefighters had just finished a meeting ...

Bleeding Grizzly Attack Victim Manages to Drive 15 Miles for Help
FOXNews - USA
A British Columbia man has proved himself to be a true survivor after he drove 15 miles for help after being severely mauled by an 880-pound grizzly bear, ...

• The Heat Is On The Heat Is On
Washington Post - United States
When it does, the bear will reach into the hole with a forepaw and drag the seal out onto the ice to attack it. As the southern edge of the Arctic ice cap ...

Game Commission: Woman back home after surviving bear attack
York Daily Record - York,PA,USA
A Lycoming County woman is back home after surviving a black bear attack near her house. State Game Commission officials say the 44-year-old

Game Commission probes bear attack, urges homeowners to remove ...
Centre Daily Times - Centre,PA,USA
Dusza said the agency is investigating the incident, reported yesterday, near Barbours, Lycoming County, in which a bear injured a resident

Woman recovering from bear attack
The Patriot-News - PennLive.com - Harrisburg,PA,USA
BY JOHN BEAUGE BARBOURS - A Lycoming County woman is recovering at home from injuries suffered when a bear attacked her Monday night, officials said Tuesday ..

Only on 3: Bear Attack Survivor Talks
WRCB-TV - Chattanooga,TN,USA
Clyde, OH/Polk County, TN (WRCB-TV) -- The Ohio Mom mauled by a bear in Polk County two years ago is talking about the tragedy for the very first time. ...

Tuesday midday: Bear terror, delinquent daughter and traffic jam
Pocono Record - Stroudsburg,PA,USA
In statewide news, a bear attack has left a dog dead in Lycoming County. And we have an interesting animal story coming from our sister paper, ...

Woman Injured in Bear Attack
WNEP-TV - Scranton,PA,USA
The Pennsylvania Game Commission said it is trying to capture the a bear that attacked a woman in Pluketts Creek Township outside of Williamsport.

Pa. woman is injured and her dog killed in attack by bear
CBS 3 - Philadelphia,PA,USA
(AP) Authorities say a Lycoming County woman was injured and her dog was killed when a bear attacked them about 50 feet from their home. ...

Walsh: Campers lack bear awareness
Salt Lake Tribune - United States
"If there wasn't an attack the night before, we wouldn't be here arguing," Francis said at a news conference in March. for a day before Samuel and his ...

Attack by bear reported in area
Williamsport Sun-Gazette - Williamsport,PA,USA
BARBOURS — A 44-year-old woman and a dog were attacked by a bear in the 200 block of Dunwoody Road in Plunketts Creek Township about 9:15 pm Monday, ...

Meet your big, furry neighbors
News & Observer - Raleigh,NC,USA
North Carolina's bear experts know of only one bear attack in recent history, and it's unclear how that attack unfolded. Some black bears in North ...

Numbers bear-ly add up between BC and Alberta
Calgary Herald - AB, Canada
Re: "BC man lives through vicious grizzly attack," and "Grizzly shooter says he had to kill bear to save son," May 8. On page A9 is a story of a man mauled ...

State argues that it isn't liable in fatal bear attack
Salt Lake Tribune - United States
By Donald W. Meyers Utah wildlife officials cannot be held responsible for a family's heartache over their son's death in a June 2007 bear attack, ...

State denies responsibility for bear attack
KUTV - Salt Lake City,UT,USA
PROVO, Utah (AP) - Utah officials say the state is not liable in a bear attack that killed an 11-year-old Utah County boy. In a formal response to a laws

Central Coast man drives himself 25 km after bear attack
Williams Lake Tribune - B.C., Canada
By Sage Birchwater - Williams Lake Tribune - May 09, 2008 A Central Coast man is fortunate to be alive after he was attacked by a grizzly bear in the Bella ..

Utah Officials Say State Not Liable for Bear Attack
KPVI-TV - Pocatello,ID,USA
Utah officials say the state is not liable in a bear attack that killed an 11-year-old Utah County boy. Lawyers for the Attorney General's Office say the ...

State denies responsibility for fatal bear attack on boy
Salt Lake Tribune - United States
AP Posted: 9:35 AM- PROVO - Utah officials say the blame for a bear attack that killed an 11-year-old Utah County boy lies in the hands of the federal ...

Bin-raiding bear killed
TheChronicleHerald.ca - Halifax,Nova Scotia,Canada
It’s department policy to put down a bear if it reappears in a residential neighbourhood, said Ms. Gavin. "Although there’s never been a report of an attack ...

BC man lives through vicious grizzly attack
Calgary Herald - AB, Canada
A BC man who survived a ferocious attack by a grizzly bear the size of five men then drove to get help

Bear attack prompts conservation officers to issue vigilance warning
Vancouver Sun - British Columbia, Canada
SURREY | Conservation officers are warning people to be extra vigilant of bear attacks after a man was mauled by a 400-kilogram grizzly Saturday. ...

Man survives grizzly attack
Windsor Star - Ontario, Canada
A BC man who miraculously survived a ferocious attack by a grizzly bear the size of five men and then drove to get help was resting in hospital Wednesday. ...

Victim of grizzlie-bear mauling resting in hospital
The Province - Vancouver,BC,Canada
By Susan Lazaruk, The Province An Ocean Falls man who survived a ferocious attack by a grizzly bear and then drove himself to get help was resting in ...

Man drives to safety after grizzly bear attack
National Post - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
British Columbians are being warned to be extra vigilant of bear attacks after a man was mauled by a 400-kilogram grizzly on Saturday. ...

Roy Exum: A Return To Benton Falls
The Chattanoogan - Chattanooga,TN,USA
Before the incident occurred there had never been a known bear attack in the Cherokee Forest. Susan didn’t see the bear until it was about 100 yards away ...

TV review: Warning of attack tragically ignored
Scotsman - United Kingdom
These elusive creatures are the most threatened species of bear, as their tree-top habitat is in danger of extinction thanks to the culling of rainforests. ...

BC's first bear attack of the year
Edmonton Sun - Alberta, Canada
It’s the first bear attack in BC this season and came just days before the province announced $450000 dollars for bear awareness programs aimed at reducing ...

Central Coast man attacked by grizzly bear
CTV British Columbia - Vancouver,BC,Canada
This is the first recorded bear attack in BC this season. Most bears are just coming out of hibernation. Conservation officers are now setting traps and ...

Keeping bears and people apart
Globe and Mail - Canada
The bear attack was the first in BC this year, and it occurred coincidentally just days before the government's announcement yesterday that it is providing ...

Talkers: Fugitives would have to bear the bear
Kansas City Star - MO,USA
“We’ve never had a predatory attack by a black bear in Louisiana, to our knowledge,” she said. SYDNEY, Australia | A doctor proposed Monday that

PETA Begs Will Ferrell To Stop Working With Animals After Bear Attack
Starpulse.com - Branford,CT,USA
Funnyman Will Ferrell has been urged to stop working with animals after his bear co-star in basketball comedy Semi-Pro attacked and killed a trainer in ..

Mother of Bear Attack Victim Returns to Site to Heal
WTVC - Chattanooga,TN,USA
An Ohio woman returns to the Tennessee waterfall where a bear attacked and killed her 6 year-old daughter two years ago. Susan Cenkus, her 6-year old .

Mother returns to Tenn. waterfall where bear killed daughter
WZTV - Nashville,TN,USA
CLEVELAND (AP) -- An Ohio woman who survived a black bear attack that killed her 6-year-old daughter in 2006 has returned to the Cherokee National Forest to ...

Take steps to avoid a bear encounter; Let animals know you are in ...
Owen Sound Sun Times - Owen Sound,Ontario,Canada
As well, never run from a startled bruin. This will encourage the animal to attack. Keep calm and know how you'll react if confronted by a bear. ...

How much can a sore bear bear?
Stuff.co.nz - New Zealand
"If you went into his enclosure, he would attack. He's territorial." And as for that tongue: "He uses it for foraging, getting larvae out of trees, ...

Trainers: Bear attack victim knew risks
MSNBC - USA
By Mike Celizic A trained grizzly bear that killed a trainer in California during a commercial video shoot last week did not attack intentionally and will ...

• Bear attack survivor Susan Cenkus travels back to scene where ...
The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com - Cleveland,OH,USA
And where the bear started its relentless attack by first grabbing her son. She thanked her escorts for the help and concern they had provided since that

Five killed in bear attack in Orissa
Thaindian.com - Bangkok,Bangkok,Thailand
Bhubaneswar, April 30 (IANS) A bear attacked a group of villagers and killed five of them, besides injuring five others, in Orissa’s Nabrangpur district, ...

Woman visits site of fatal bear attack
The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com - Cleveland,OH,USA
DNA samples taken from its front claws linked the bear to the attack, and it was killed. It was the first bear attack in the history of the Cherokee ...

Grizzly Rage
DVD Talk - Portland,OR,USA
It's a bear attack movie. Show the bear. Show some teeth. Show some claws. Show some people sliced, diced, munched on and stomped (preferably in that order) ...

The average bear may outsmart some humans
HeraldNet - Everett,WA,USA
... enough pepper spray, since the bear was licking him. Likely there will be no definitive reason found for the attack, as was the case in Horn's mauling. ...

State opens inquiry into fatal grizzly bear attack
KESQ - Palm Desert,CA,USA
AP - April 25, 2008 1:44 AM ET BIG BEAR LAKE, Calif. (AP) - An autopsy has found that an exotic-animal trainer who was bitten on the neck by a bear died ...

911 call released in fatal grizzly bear attack
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
By AP Excerpts of a 911 call by an unidentified woman to San Bernardino County authorities after a grizzly bear used in entertainment productions bit a ...

Bear attack probe grows
San Bernardino Sun - San Bernardino,CA,USA
Cal-OSHA officials have learned that an animal trainer killed by a bear on Tuesday was employed by an Internet company. The information has opened ...

Video: When Celebrity Animals Attack, Hollywood Bear Kills Trainer
National Ledger - Apache Junction,AZ,USA
The bear attack shocked those that work closely with the animals and train them for spots in show business. The bear killed animal trainer Stephan Miller

Trainer Dies After Grizzly Bear Attack
AHN - USA
Big Bear Lake, CA (AHN) - A 39-year-old trainer was killed Tuesday by a showbiz grizzly bear that recently appeared in a Will Ferrell movie. ...

''Grey's Anatomy'' recap: Bear attack!
Entertainment Weekly - USA
Instead of some juicy character developments, all we got was an eyeful of, as Cristina called it, ''intestines in the hands'' when a bear-mauled patient ...

'Grey's Anatomy' Recap: Lion Fight & Beart Attack
Starpulse.com - Branford,CT,USA
We've got a trio of bear attack survivors, one who has his intestines in his hands. His brother survived relatively unscathed, and then that guy's wife had ...

Fatal bear attack probe
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin - Ontario,CA,USA
The spot in which the attack occurred was a controlled area and not unusual for the bear to be in, she said Thursday. "The bear is very calm and doesn't ...

Alaska jogger survives bear attack
United Press International - USA
KENAI, Alaska, April 24 (UPI) -- An Alaska man who disturbed a brown bear and two cubs during his morning jog almost lost his life. ...

TV Recap: Grey's Anatomy - Where The Wild Things Are
Cinema Blend - USA
Apparently there’s been a bear attack, so that’s pretty cool—or at least it seems that way until Cristina helps one of the victims out of the car and gets a ...

Grizzly Attack: Things You Need to Know
KIDK - Idaho Falls,ID,USA
By Nate Eaton On Tuesday a grizzly bear attacked and killed his trainer in California. The 700 pound grizzly fatally bit his trainer on the neck during the ...

Bear that killed trainer in Ferrell movie
Aurora Beacon News - Aurora,IL,USA
Randy Miller doubled for Ferrell in the bear wrestling match, according to the site. The attack took place during videotaping of a promotional video, ...

911 Call Released From Movie-trained Bear Attack
AssociatedPress -
The bear that mock attacked Will Ferrell in 'Semi-Pro' has done it for real, killing his trainer. Officials released the urgent calls for help to try to ...

Animal center where bear killed trainer had good record
San Diego Union Tribune - United States
By Gillian Flaccus AP BIG BEAR LAKE – The animal center where a grizzly bear killed its trainer in a videotaped attack had a good safety record, ...

Animal center where bear killed trainer had good record
KESQ - Palm Desert,CA,USA
... wildlife official says there's a good safety record at the Big Bear Lake animal compound where a grizzly bear killed its trainer in a videotaped attack. ...

Man hurt in bear attack
Sahara Samay - Noida,Uttar Pradesh,India
Srinagar, April 23: A 40-year-old villager was critically injured in a bear attack in Pulwama district today, the police said. Over two dozen persons have ...

Bear gave off no reasons for concern before trainer's death
The Associated Press -
... would not decide whether the bear will be euthanized because the attack occurred outside its jurisdiction during a training session on facility grounds. ...

Christina Bush / Associated Press
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
Rocky the grizzly bear is seen at the Forever Wild animal sanctuary in Phelan, Calif. in Nov. 2007. The grizzly bear which appeared in a recent Will Ferrell ...

MOVIE BEAR KILLS TRAINER
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung) - Wien,Austria
Medics were called after the attack on Tuesday (22Apr08), but were unable to revive Miller. Rocky - who is 2.3 metres (7.5 feet) tall and weighs 317 ...

Bear attack fatality
Big Bear Valley News - Big Bear Lake,CA,USA
At approximately 3:00 pm Tuesday, Apr. 22nd, the Big Bear City Fire Department received a report of a bear attack at the Predators in Action compound ...

Spray proves its worth in bear encounters
Anchorage Daily News (subscription) - Anchorage,AK,USA
... Debruyn and James Wilder -- indicates bear spray might be better than a firearm for protecting yourself against the rare attack. Bear spray is cheaper. .

The hunter, his dog and a fugitive
Globe and Mail - Canada
Mr. Robinson said it was a reminder of a bear that hurt him once. He hurt the bear more. His left eye was slightly bruised and cut from a fall he had taken ...

Bears spotted near Uxbridge
Newsdurhamregion.com - Durham,Ontario,Canada
If a bear makes contact with you, experts suggest not to play dead. Fighting back is the best chance of persuading a black bear to stops its attack. ...

When bears and humans collide
Calgary Herald - AB, Canada
A lot of people had been blissfully going about their business in the belief that they had just a one-in-two-million chance of experiencing a bear attack, ...

Bear survives Zambrano attack
The Serious Sports News Network (satire) - Chicago,IL,USA
According to the group’s joint police report, they were sitting around their campfire roasting marshmallows when an adult, male Kodiak bear entered the site ...

Va. Video Teaches Bear Safety
Harrisonburg Daily News Record - Harrisonburg,VA,USA
A Rockingham County man who survived a bear attack says the effort is worthwhile. "Any knowledge that can be passed on to the people will be helpful," said ...

Japanese man killed by bear: police
ABC Online - Australia
Bears occasionally attack people gathering plants in rural Japan. This was the first fatal attack in Hokkaido this year, the spokesman said. ...

Japanese man killed in bear attack: police
Ninemsn - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
A bear mauled a 50-year-old man to death on Japan's northern island of Hokkaido on the weekend, police said Monday. Seiichi Horinuki, 50, was picking edible ...
Man killed in Hokkaido bear attack
Mainichi Daily News - Japan
HOKUTO, Hokkaido -- A man died here over the weekend after being attacked by a bear while he was gathering wild plants, police said. Killed in the attack ...

Family of boy killed by bear sues state and federal governments
Salt Lake Tribune - United States
... more than $2 million from federal and state governments -- as well as assurances that another family will not have to lose a loved one to a bear attack. ...

Wildlife expert says sprays are best for bear battling
LocalNews8.com - Idaho Falls,ID,USA
Smith studied a decade's worth of bear attack data in researching for a report. He says the spray is a better option than rifles, which take longer to use ...

IN OUR VIEW: State should fix bear policies
Daily Herald - Provo,UT,USA
Utah and the federal government should settle a lawsuit over a bear attack that killed an 11-year-old Pleasant Grove boy. We think that any rational jury ...

Study backs spray to deter bears
Daily Inter Lake - Kalispell,MT,USA
... bear by spraying it at close range in the face and the other two persons were unable to spray a second dose because the initial attack knocked the spray ...

Family sues state, feds over deadly bear attack
Salt Lake Tribune - United States
The family said the only response they received from the state prior to filing the lawsuit was that the bear attack was a "natural occurrence. ...

Family sues in '07 bear incident
Deseret News - Salt Lake City,UT,USA
"We know bears exist, but if there's a shark attack at a beach, they close the beach." The family announced Friday they are suing the US government and the ...

Bear Spotted Wandering Through Midstate
NewsChannel5.com - Nashville,TN,USA
But experts advise against approaching it or trying to feed it. There have been bear attacks in East Tennessee including a fatal attack in 2006.

Family sues Utah DWR over boy's bear mauling death
ABC 4 - Salt Lake City,USA
Now Sam's parents are suing, claiming the Forest Service failed to close the campground after the first attack and DWR failed to warn anyone the bear was ...

Family of bear attack victim seeks $2.5 million
Daily Herald - Provo,UT,USA
The black bear was classified as a Level III animal that required euthanizing. "If there wasn't an attack the night before, we wouldn't be here arguing it," ...

Bear Attack? Not to Worry
New York Times Blogs - New York,NY,USA
In collecting 600 bear attack incidents spanning 125 years of Alaska history, I could find only six polar bear-human conflict incidents, including two ...

Family to file lawsuits over fatal bear attack
Daily Herald - Provo,UT,USA
The family of Sam Ives will file lawsuits Friday against the state of Utah and the federal government over a bear attack that lead to the 11-year-old's ...

Man badly injured in bear attack
The Local - Sweden
A man has been attacked by a bear in the woods outside Orsa in Dalarna in central Sweden. The man was out working in the woods when the bear came towards ...

Bear spray more effective than guns: study
CBC.ca - Alberta, Canada
... they found the spray stopped aggressive bear behaviour in 92 per cent of the cases, whether that behaviour was an attack or merely rummaging for food. ...

Bear attack investigation after scattered human remains found
Tampa Bay's 10 - St. Petersburg,FL,USA
Marion County, Florida - Scattered human body parts found at a camp site in the Ocala National Forest have prompted an investigation into whether a bear or ...

Bear aware
Jackson Hole Star-Tribune - Casper,WY,USA
By WES SMALLING It doesn't sound quite right, but it's true: When it comes to fending off a grizzly bear attack, a can of bear spray works better than a ...

Grizzly Attack Caught on Camera
Field and Stream - USA
The warden was trying to do the right freakin thing and relocate the dumb bear.Why do we try to protect an animal that would kill a human givin the chance. ...

Bear attack
The Statesman - Kolkata,India
24: Today early morning, a wild bear injured six people whereupon the annoyed people killed the bear. Sources say a wild bear injured Sukuri Mahanta, ...

Victim of horrific bear mauling overcomes enormous odds
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner - Fairbanks,AK,USA
As he drifted in and out after the attack, he’d helped direct his own rescue. Once Bigley made it through that first week, his chances of pulling through ...

Life rebuilt, from the soul out
Chicago Tribune - United States
A bear crushed Dan Bigley's face. 'I'm going to make something good out of this,' he decided. By Debra McKinney | Anchorage Daily News 2:35 AM CST, ...

Bear mauling victim moves on with life
MiamiHerald.com - Miami,FL,USA
Dan lost his sight in a bear attack on the Russian River in the summer of 2003. Dr. James Kallman woke the instant his pager went off that summer night in ...

When cougars attack!
Mayerthorpe Freelancer - Mayerthorpe,Alberta,Canada
When hiking travel in groups and consider carrying a walking stick, Bear “Pepper” spray and an air horn. Make noise to alert cougars to your presence. ...

Farmer compensated for wounds inflicted by bear
China Internet Information Center| - China
The payout was the second largest sum to be given to the victim of a wild animal attack. There were 997 such attacks last year, resulting in 2.47 million ...

Girl's face restored after bear attack disfigured it
CNN-IBN - New Delhi,India
Kochi: Twelve-year-old Kusumavathy, whose face was disfigured in an attack by a bear, went home smiling on Friday after undergoing facial reconstruction ...

Loaded for bear : Bulldogs better equipped to repel Grizzly attack
Northwest Arkansas Times - Fayetteville,AR,USA
BY DAVID SHOWERS Northwest Arkansas Times Most of the players from Fort Smith Northside's 2006-07 Class 7 A state championship team have graduated, ...

Grizzly Bear Attack Victim Talks About EIRMC Trauma Center
KIDK - Idaho Falls,ID,USA
In fact the guest speaker at Thursday night's celebration, the victim of a vicious grizzly bear attack back in May, talks about his treatment at EIRMC. ...

Bears moved to Michigan, but not before a pepper spray attack ...
KXMC - Minot,ND,USA
(AP) Solo the bear and her two cubs are on their way to an outdoor bear facility in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The mother bear and cubs had been ...

Biologists Slam Zoo's Decision to Hand-Rear Knut 2
Spiegel Online - Berlin,Germany
... director of the German Bear Foundation. Given the conditions of captivity, Vilma's gruesome attack on her own offspring is not surprising. ...

Outdoors Library: No happy endings to these gripping tales
Sacramento Bee - CA, USA
Two guys are bow-hunting for moose in Canada and there's talk among the locals of a "problem bear" in the area. On the second day out, one hunter waits at a ...

Ex-Worker: Zoo Ignored Safety Complaints
The Associated Press -
Lloyd Kraal, who helped repair the big cat and polar bear grottoes while he worked at the zoo from July 2006 to February 2007, claims he was pushed out of ...

Ex-worker: SF Zoo ignored complaints after keeper attacked
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
Lloyd Kraal, a one-time maintenance supervisor at the zoo who helped repair the zoo's big cat and polar bear grottos, filed the wrongful termination and ...

Gigantic White Bear Hinders Polar Expedition from Setting Record
Russia-InfoCenter - Moscow,Russia
... and this is when an enormous bear appeared nearby the camp. On December 25 the beast undertook its first attack, in the result of which the expedition ...

DWR is taking steps to make Utah backcountry safer, more bear friendly
Salt Lake Tribune - United States
While last summer's events, in which a young boy died in a bear attack, were unusual and tragic, they've provided an opportunity to make Utah's backcountry ...

Bear gets a governor pardon
West Central Tribune - Willmar,MN,USA
“We are going to give the black bear a reprieve, a pardon,” Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty announced on his weekly Friday radio show. ...

Wildlife officials consider sanctuary for 'nuisance' bear
Dickinson Press - Dickinson,ND,USA
People think it's friendly and have given it a name, but it's really a wild animal and has the potential to attack." The DNR has said Solo became too ...

Bears walk among us
New Times SLO - San Luis Obispo,CA,USA
BY KATHY JOHNSTON A smelly can of mackerel hanging from a tree makes an irresistible lunch stop if you happen to be a black bear wandering in the wild ...

Bear attacks are rare, but can be prevented
Albany Times Union - Albany,NY,USA
Those of us who spend a lot of time outdoors in this area have a major advantage over our brethren elsewhere: Bear attacks are nearly nonexistent in New ...

Black bear shot, killed in Florence neighborhood
Bend Weekly - Bend,OR,USA
While Oregon has never had a documented bear attack on a person, in other states that have, these attacks tend to come from "habituated" animals. ...

No respite from bear attacks for them
Newindpress - Chennai,Tamil Nadu,India
More than 50 persons were injured and one killed in bear attacks in the past one month at villages near Chatrapur. Forest Department sources said around 100 ...

Killer grizzly still free
The Daily News - Halifax,Nova Scotia,Canada
Peters was found mauled to death on Nov. 28 after he was reported missing two days earlier. The medical examiner said Nov. 29 he died in a bear attack.

DWR wants to increase black bear hunt permits
Salt Lake Tribune - United States
It was Utah's first documented fatal attack by a black bear. Wildlife officers shot and killed the bear the next day. The US Forest Service quickly closed ...

When polar bears attack
Metro.us - New York,NY,USA
Amid the storm of controversy swirling around "The Golden Compass," one indisputable fact stands: This movie features the most violent bear-on-bear action ...

Birchwood man attacked by bear Thanksgiving day
Sawyer County Record - Hayward,WI,USA
The bear attack left Zemaitis with puncture wounds to his left shoulder and upper biceps that required three stitches. "The swelling has gone down a lot ...

Bear attack victim fired rifle
Edmonton Sun - Alberta, Canada
An autopsy conducted on Don Peters, 51, of Calgary, yesterday confirmed the city hunter died as a result of a grizzly bear attack and an investigation at ...

Juneau hunter survives grizzly attack
KTUU - Anchorage,AK,USA
He was taking photos when the bear came out of the woods and attacked him. He had time to shoot once with his pistol before being attacked. ...

Missing hunter found dead after possible bear attack
Canoe.ca (subscription) - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
By KATIE SCHNEIDER The search for a missing Calgary hunter has been called off after human remains, possibly from a bear attack, were found yesterday near ...

Bear Attack Injures One Man on Hunting Trip
Newsradio 620 - Milwaukee,WI,USA
(AP) -- A deer hunter in northwestern Wisconsin is recovering after being jumped by a black bear. Jim Zemaitis, 40, said the bear attacked when he was on a ...

Bear attack leaves man injured but grateful
KARE - Minneapolis,MN,USA
The DNR said this was the first bear attack in Washburn County in about six years. Jim said he doesn't blame the bear -- he realizes it was just startled. ...

Super furry animal
Scenta.co.uk - London,England,UK
In fact, they're the bear species most likely to hunt humans. "Most wild animals will only attack you if you directly threaten them or their children," says ...

Deer hunter injured after bear attack in northwestern Wisconsin
WKBT - La Crosse,WI,USA
He was able to scare the bear away. Jim Zemaitis had some puncture wounds, three stitches and a lot of bruising. He says the attack won't deter him from ...

Black Bear Attacks Wis. Hunter
WCCO - Minneapolis,MN,USA
Read more in our Privacy Policy A hunter was attacked by a black bear near Birchwood, Wis. Thursday. Jim Zemaitis, 40, was out hunting with several people ...

Bear Attacks Washburn County Hunter
WEAU-TV 13 - Eau Claire,WI,USA
A deer hunter in Washburn County survives a vicious bear attack. While on a deer drive with his hunting group Thursday, 40-year old Jim Zemaitis says he ...

Bear kills goat in Susquehanna Twp.
PennLive.com - Harrisburg,PA,USA
It was about to attack a second goat when officers arrived about 9:30 pm but instead it fled into the Blue Mountain woods. After consulting with game ...

Black bear attack investigated in Pa.
United Press International - USA
19 (UPI) -- Pennsylvania Game Commission officials are investigating a reported black bear attack at the Fayette County, Pa., Zoo. Two people were attacked ...

Wolf expert helps debunk Canadian bear attack theory
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner - Fairbanks,AK,USA
... "the preponderance of evidence" indicated a black bear, not wolves, killed Carnegie. Among the evidence cited by Paquet was the pattern of the attack, ...

Bear attack
Park Rapids Enterprise - Park Rapids,MN,USA
Byrum and fellow guide Joey Jerome took Fagnan to the site of the bear attack – which Byrum marked with red fluroscent tape. They saw Hambelton's bear ...

Bear attacks 2 at Fayette County zoo
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
By AJ Panian Pennsylvania Game Commission officials are investigating a reported black bear attack on two people Saturday at a Fayette County zoo. ...

Steve Villaneuva's Forecast: 11/16/07
NBC 4.com - Washington,DC,USA
Bear Attack Caught On Camera Man Survives Attack An endangered bear mauls a hun... Bear Attack Caught On Camera Man Survives Attack An endangered bear mauls ...

Hunter survives bear attack
NEWS.com.au - Australia
The Asiatic black bear turned on villager Makhan Khan as he stalked the beast with his friends. Mr Khan suffered multiple injuries but survived the attack ...

Black bear attacks man, villagers blame authorities
Etalaat - Srinagar,Jammu and Kashmir,India
... of its attack during the last four months. Muhammad Shafi, a local villager told etala'at that the bear is giving sleepless nights to the villagers. ...

Man recovering from grizzly bear attack is identified
KPAX-TV - Missoula,MT,USA
(AP) - His family and hospital officials have confirmed the name of a 23-year-old man, who was mauled by a grizzly bear at a drive-through park near Coram, ...

How to survive a bear attack
Columbus Alive - Columbus,OH,USA
Don't worry—since 1900, only 52 people in North America have died from black bear attacks, and none of them were in Ohio. Grizzlies are not so meek, ...

Bear attacks dog
MyFoxOrlando.com - Lake Mary,FL,USA
The attack from a couple weeks ago happened when a yellow lab named "Gator" confronted a bear that was going through empty garbage cans next to the house. ...

Province says no need for public inquiry into fatal Bear 99 attack
Rocky Mountain Outlook - Canmore,Alberta,Canada
Sustainable Resource Development spokesperson Dave Ealey said he thinks wildlife officials have come a long way since Isabelle Dubé was attacked by Bear 99 ...

Man recovering from grizzly bear attack
Great Falls Tribune - Great Falls,MT,USA
AP CORAM — A 23-year-old man who was mauled by a grizzly bear at a drive-through park is recovering, and the park is in compliance with state regulations, ...

Wolf experts disagree with inquest, blame bear for mauling
Canada.com - Hamilton,Ontario,Canada
But Canada's wolf experts don't all agree - in part because no one witnessed the attack, overnight snow obscured any tracks made at the time, ...

Condition of bear attack victim still unknown
KPAX-TV - Missoula,MT,USA
The medical condition of an employee mauled by a grizzly bear at the Great Bear Adventure drive-through bear park is unknown, because the bite victim ...

California man suffers bear mauling
The Bozeman Daily Chronicle - Bozeman,MT,USA
By SCOTT McMILLION Chronicle Staff Writer LIVINGSTON - A California man was badly mauled in a bear attack Tuesday in the Mol Heron drainage near Corwin ...

Nature center trails remain open despite bear attack
Alaska Star - Eagle River,AK,USA
"That's typically enough to scare off any potential bear attack. But the winds were blowing pretty good, and the noise from the wind could have masked any ...

Death by Animal Attack: Family says woman killed by bear at MP ...
ArmeniaNow.com - Yerevan,Armenia
The family says it was called to identify the body and saw that she had suffered an attack. It is unclear why the headquarters was keeping a bear. ...

Grizzly attack victim identified
Billings Gazette - MT, USA
Massey was hospitalized after the attack. Information on his condition was not available Wednesday. The bear attack was the fourth near Gardiner this fall. ...

Bear attack more likely than wolf, expert tells inquest
CBC Saskatchewan - Saskatchewan,Canada
While Paquet said a wolf attack was possible, he said it was more likely a black bear killed Carnegie, a 21-year old university student from Oshawa, ...

Yukon comp board stays four charges in worker bear attack death
Ecolog.com (subscription) - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
Four of six charges laid against a Whitehorse company whose field worker was killed by a bear attack have been stayed. In April 2006, Jean-franáois pagè, ...

Bear attack 4th this fall by Gardiner
Billings Gazette - MT, USA
The incident was the latest in a string of bear attacks that started Sept. 9 when a black bear hunter was mauled by a female grizzly with cubs near Little ...

Man mauled by bear in Park County
KPAX-TV - Missoula,MT,USA
A man from California suffered severe head wounds on Tuesday following a bear attack that occurred in the Mol Heron drainage near Corwin. ...

Hunter mauled by grizzly bear identified
The Bozeman Daily Chronicle - Bozeman,MT,USA
By SCOTT mcmillion Chronicle Staff Writer The man severely mauled in a bear attack near Corwin Springs was identified Wednesday as Virgil Massey, 52, ...

Wildlife officers trap, kill Aspen attack bear
Grand Junction Sentinel - Grand Junction,CO,USA
By DAVE BUCHANAN WAREHOUSE LOOKING FOR QUALITY OF LIFE? Come join our team! We are a local....(more) POLICE OFFICER Ready to put your college degree towards ..

Lawyer raises possibility bear involved in student's death
CBC Saskatchewan - Saskatchewan,Canada
The inquest in Prince Albert, Sask. into the death of Kenton Carnegie, who died in a suspected wolf attack, is also hearing the possibility that a bear may ...

Bear involved in Aspen home attack, euthanized
KJCT8.com - Grand Junction,CO,USA
According to the DOW, black bear attacks are unusual. When bears become a nuisance they are usually relocated under the state's "two-strike" policy, ...

Inquest begins into death of possible wolf victim
CBC Saskatchewan - Saskatchewan,Canada
However, the inquest may hear new evidence suggesting Carnegie was killed by a bear. Carnegie family lawyer Harold Johnson doesn't accept the bear theory. ...

Could bears be a Halloween threat?
Nevada Appeal - Carson City,NV,USA
With the amount of candy kids will be carrying around on Wednesday, the possibility of a bear attack has been a topic of discussion lately in the basin. ...

Just in time for Halloween: The World's Scariest Animals (Part 1)
Student Operated Press - Vero Beach,FL,USA
Arcticwebsite.com has a great article called "How to Survive a Bear Attack" and it does a great job summing up why the polar bear is so scary. ...

Bear Bites Alaska Woman on the Buttocks
The Associated Press -
The attack happened Thursday as Wallmer was traveling to the Rapids camp yurt. She was running with her dog, about 10 minutes ahead of another volunteer. ...

Victim In Bear Attack Recovering
TheDenverChannel.com - Denver,CO,USA
An Aspen woman who was slashed across the face by a bear that broke into her kitchen said she is doing better. Fifty-seven-year-old radiologist Judy ...

Call out for independent bear attack investigation
Rocky Mountain Outlook - Canmore,Alberta,Canada
By Tanya Foubert - Canmore The husband of a Canmore woman killed in a grizzly bear attack two years ago is saying he would like to see an independent ...

Victim in bear attack recovering
Summit Daily News - Frisco,CO,USA
BY AP ASPEN - A woman who was slashed across the face by a hungry bear that broke into her kitchen says she is doing better and plans to be back at work ...

Phoenicia woman shaken after run-in with bear
Kingston Daily Freeman - Kingston,NY,USA
Matt Merchant, a bear specialist with the state Department of Environmental Conservation, said the incident appears to be the first such bear attack on a ...

Fish and Wildlife service investigating grizzly bear death
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
The Idaho department was called in to kill the 2-year-old male grizzly on Oct. 4 out of concern it might attack someone, "I was not luring the bear in," ...

Quick thinking saves Scout in bear attack
Scranton Times-Tribune - PA, USA
According to a ranger from Hickory Run State Park who inspected Chris’ tent the night of the attack, all of the food that would have tempted a bear was ...

Victim In Aspen Bear Attack Recovering
My Fox Colorado.com - Denver,CO,USA
A woman who was slashed across the face by a hungry bear that broke into her kitchen says she is doing better and plans to be back at work Monday. ...

Photos Show Injuries To Bear Attack Victim
TheDenverChannel.com - Denver,CO,USA
Garrison called for help after the attack and was taken to the hospital for treatment of her injuries. Investigating wildlife officers said the bear gained ...

Bear attacks woman in her Aspen condo
Aspen Daily News - Aspen,CO,USA
The incident is the second bear attack in a week in the Roaring Fork Valley. Last Thursday, Old Snowmass resident John Clark was clawed by a bear that had ...

How to tell if a polar bear wants to eat you…
Reuters - USA
At close quarters it can suddenly feel at risk and try to attack.” “A curious bear will usually approach slowly. It will pause, stretch its neck and sniff. ...
KPAX-TV - Missoula,MT,USA
State wildlife officials say they are trying to trap the bear. Following Monday's bear attack officials with the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and ...

Boy Escapes Bear Attack By Playing Dead
ktla 5 - Los Angeles,CA,USA
AP With one black bear attack and two national television appearances behind him, Chris Malasics was ready to call it a day. "I was supposed to be on "The ...

Two Injured in Bear Attack
Kashmir Observer - Srinagar,Jammu and Kashmir,India
Srinagar, Oct 18, KONS: Two persons were injured in a bear attack in the Khansahib area of Budgam last night , out of whom one is said to be battling for ...

A second bear attack at state park
Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia,PA,USA
Food likely drew the bear to the Hickory Run site. A Chesco scout was sent to the hospital. By Nancy Petersen The bear attack that sent a Chester County Boy ...

Bears attack hunter in tree stand
KARE - Minneapolis,MN,USA
DNR Warden Mark Schmidtz says an attack like this is extremely rare. In fact, in his 30 years living in Ladysmith, he says this is the first bear attack ...

Hunter recounts grizzly attack
Twin Falls Times-News - Twin Falls,ID,USA
Grand tried to curl up in the fetal position, putting his arms over his face, during the attack by the 300- to 400-pound bear. At some point, Grand fired a ...

Ladysmith Man Survives Black Bear Attack
WKBT - La Crosse,WI,USA
A crying baby bear which had scrambled up the tree as Kevin Schultz sat in his tree stand. Below him? The cub's angry mama bear. ...

Bear Attacks Ladysmith Man
WEAU-TV 13 - Eau Claire,WI,USA
... I don't wanna interfere with her again," he said. A DNR warden says to his knowledge this is the first bear attack in Ladysmith in over 30 years.

Boy Scout Survives Bear Attack by Playing Dead
FOX News - USA
Oct. 15: Boy Scout Chris Malasics of Chester Springs, Pa., survived a bear attack by playing dead inside his sleeping bag WHITE HAVEN, Pa. ...

The Bear Report for 10/12
YubaNet - Nevada City,CA,USA
The point to get here is that one of the least likely causes of death is by a bear attack, but yet our fear paralyses our ability to run these animals out ...

Wild bear taken down in Sweden
United Press International - USA
The bear, which had been wounded by the hunters during the attack, was shot by county ranger Bert Ivan Mattsson, Sweden's The Local reported. ...

Bears spark fear along border
Aftenposten - Oslo,Norway
The two victims of the bear attack were airlifted to hospital in Östersund, where both underwent surgery. The dramatic incident, which set off an intensive ...

Pa. Scout Escapes Serious Injury In Bear Attack
CBS 3 - Philadelphia,PA,USA
Scout Escapes Serious Injury In Bear Attack WHITE HAVEN, Pa. (AP) ― A 14-year-old Boy Scout from Chester County was attacked by a bear in his tent during a ...

Bear attacks pair of hunters
The Local - Sweden
Police were looking for the bear, he added. It is the second bear attack in a week. The previous attack was fatal, with the hunter dying of his injuries. ...

Man home after bear attack in UP
Detroit Free Press - United States
A Sterling Heights man who was attacked by a bear in the Upper Peninsula has been released from a hospital. Steven Remsing, 53, suffered injuries to his ...

Sterling Heights hunter injured in bear attack
Detroit Free Press - United States
AP ONTONAGON — A Sterling Heights man is recovering at a Marquette hospital after being mauled by a bear near Ontonagon Sunday. Michigan State Police say ...

Bear attacks horse in Red Level
Andalusia Star-News - Andalusia,AL,USA
"In September, there was a report of a bear attack on a horse," West said. "The Alabama Game and Fish were notified of the incident. ...

Carroll College football player recovering following bear attack
KPAX-TV - Missoulua,MT,USA
A Carroll College football player is recovering after being attacked by a grizzly bear near Gardiner. 21-year-old Roman Morris fought with the bear Saturday ...

No fault in fatal maul
Banff Crag & Canyon - Banff,Alberta,Canada
On June 4, 2005, Isabelle Dube, a 36-year-old teacher and mother encountered a bear while jogging in Canmore with friends. She climbed a tree, ...

Man on mend from UP bear attack
Detroit Free Press - United States
A Sterling Heights man was recovering Monday at a Marquette hospital after being mauled by a bear near Ontonagon. Michigan State Police said that Steven ...

How mother moose outwits the bear
BBC News - UK
Given that bears seldom venture within 500m (1600ft) of roads, moose were effectively protecting their offspring from attack. Dr Berger told the BBC: "Moose ...

Montana Football Player Tackled by Grizzly Bear
FOX News - USA
The bear kept picking him up and dropping him and Morris had been bitten more than a dozen times. Then the attack stopped. His friend fired a shot and the ...

Sterling Heights hunter injured in bear attack
MLive.com - MI,USA
(AP) — A Sterling Heights man is recovering at a Marquette hospital after being mauled by a bear near Ontonagon Sunday. Michigan State Police say ...

Bow hunters attacked by bears in separate incidents
The Bozeman Daily Chronicle - Bozeman,MT,USA
Females with cubs tend to have small home ranges and the circumstances between Saturday's attack and Flack's attack are very similar: The bear passed both ...

Villagers Kill Wild Bear in Kashmir
newsblaze - India
Police said that a wild bear entered village Sutharan in central Kashmir today and attacked some villagers. Some people were injured in the attack and ...

Human-Animal Conflict: Two More Injured in Animal Attacks
newsblaze - India
... Anantnag in South Kashmir when a black bear attacked them. Both the persons were critically injured in the attack. They were removed to hospital, ...

Bear Attack Victim Saved by Bike Helmet
The Associated Press -
In the attack, the bear "bit into my shoulder and biceps, so it's been all sewn back up together again, so I haven't been able to move my arm up and down ...

2 injured critically in bear attack
Sahara Samay - Noida,India
Srinagar, Sep 22: Two persons were critically injured in a bear attack in Anantnag district, the police said. He said that the injured were rushed to nearby ...

For Victim of Bear Attack, Each Bite a Vivid Memory
Kitsap Sun (Subscription) - WA, United States
By Brynn Grimley (Contact) Larry Steagall | Kitsap Sun Bear attack victim Anthony Blasioli, left, of Port Orchard demonstrates the grip the black bear had ...

Bear attack victim: 'I don't want to die today'
KOMO - Seattle,WA,USA
A man who was mauled by a bear in a Kitsap County park says it was divine intervention that saved his life. Anthony Blasioli, 51, was biking with his two ...

Bear attack survivor returns to Kitsap park
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
A bear attack survivor returned to a Kitsap County park today as it reopened for the first time in two weeks. Fifty-one-year-old Anthony Blasioli of Port ...

Bear seeking treats bites boy in tent
Kansas City Star - MO,USA
For that reason, game officials think the bear was after treats and are not considering the bite an attack, he said. Conway said the bear could not be ...

Bear bites boy at Hickory Run
Allentown Morning Call - Allentown,PA,USA
Brady said hunting is allowed during legal bear season. The Game Commission says black bear attacks in Pennsylvania are very rare -- black bears are more ...

Belgrade man describes grizzly bear attack
KPAX-TV - Missoulua,MT,USA
... the Gallatin National Forest and Yellowstone National Park after the attack, but planned no action against the bear because she was protecting her cubs.

Man who survived bear attack: 'It was surreal'
MSNBC - USA
2 attack. The bear, which has not been tracked down by wildlife officials, also mauled his back and tore his left arm so badly doctors initially feared it ...

Areas near Gardiner closed after grizzly attack to reopen
KPAX-TV - Missoulua,MT,USA
Park and forest officials believe last Friday's mauling was an isolated incident and that the bear was protecting her cubs. The closures were to be lifted ...

Bear bites Boy Scout at Hickory Run park
Allentown Morning Call - Allentown,PA,USA
The bear bit the boy through the bag. "The bear took off when the boy screamed," Conway said. "That's why we're not calling it an attack. ...

Second bear attack reported near Yellowstone
The Bozeman Daily Chronicle - Bozeman,MT,USA
Frey said the attack was a classic surprise encounter, in which the bear was not only seeking to protect cubs, but was protecting nearby food sources in the ...

Belgrade man describes grizzly bear attack
Great Falls Tribune - Great Falls,MT,USA
... federal officials closed areas in the Gallatin National Forest and Yellowstone National Park after the attack, but planned no action against the bear. ...

Montana hunter survives grizzly attack
Seattle Times - United States
The incident was the fourth bear attack in the Yellowstone area this summer. On May 23, a grizzly severely mauled a photographer inside the park. ...

Two bear attacks reported in E. Idaho
KIFI - Idaho Falls,ID,USA
AP - September 12, 2007 4:14 PM ET IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) - A grizzly bear attack and a black bear raiding a tent have prompted officials with the Idaho ...

Bear attack invokes closures in Yellowstone Park
KPAX-TV - Missoulua,MT,USA
A section of the park just west of Gardiner, Montana is now closed after a man was mauled by a bear Friday morning while hunting elk. The bear attack ...

Bear Attack Prompts Temporary Area Closure
KPVI-TV - Pocatello,ID,USA
These closures have been implemented due to human safety concerns after a man was mauled by a bear this morning while elk hunting north of Yellowstone ...

Hungry bears plague US west after record drought
AFP -
Bear attacks on people are rare, although there was a fatal attack in July when a bear dragged an 11 year-old boy out of his tent during a camping trip in ...

Bear Still At Large as Banner Park Readies to Reopen
Kitsap Sun (Subscription) - WA, United States
The bear stopped its attack and Blasioli managed ride his bike out of the forest where Central Kitsap residents Gaye and George Barthold found him and ...

Bear attack park reopening Monday
Seattle Times - United States
By AP OLALLA -- Fish and Wildlife agents have been unable to trap the bear that attacked a man in a park north of Gig Harbor. So officials will be reopening ...

Mountain Biker Attacked by Black Bear on Kitsap Peninsula
Seattlest - Seattle,USA
Very few of the stories published about this man say much about what to do in the case of a bear attack (excepting the Kitsap Sun), and we actually haven't ...

Outdoors:Bear of situation in Maryland
Annapolis Capital - Annapolis,MD,USA
Out there, the current buzz focuses on a terrifying bear attack for a family - and to make things worse the sow was rabid. And at present her three cubs are ...

Public warned after bear attacks girl, woman
Vancouver Sun - British Columbia, Canada
NELSON - A recent bear attack on a four-year-old girl and her grandmother in their yard has prompted a call for diligence. Conservation officer Len Butler ...

Bear attack leaves young girl in need of stitches
Globe and Mail - Canada
Garth Mowat, the BC Ministry of Environment's senior wildlife biologist for the Kootenay region, said it is rare for a black bear to attack and knew of only ...

Black Bears Growing Nuisance in West
The Associated Press -
Bear calls are up in Utah after a fatal attack on an 11-year-old boy in a campground about 30 miles southeast of Salt Lake City. Wildlife experts don't know ...

Attacked woman is back among the bears
Globe and Mail - Canada
Now, the bear again bent down to bite her head. Ms. Gerlach could barely move as she endured the bear's attack. She would later recall she had never felt ...

Woman and granddaughter survive BC bear attack
Edmonton Sun - Alberta, Canada
Garth Mowat, the BC Ministry of Environment's senior wildlife biologist for the Kootenay region, said it's rare for a black bear to attack and knew of only ...

Man Describes Attack By Bear
KIROtv.com - Seattle,WA,USA
A man who was mauled by a bear while riding his mountain bike described how he escaped, reported KIRO 7 Eyewitness News. The attack happened at Banner ...

Victim of Kitsap County park bear attack improving
KING5.com (subscription) - Seattle,WA,USA
Some people who live near the park don't want the bear to be killed. OLALLA, Wash. - New developments in the Kitsap County bear attack over the weekend will ...

A black bear attacks a bicyclist in Kitsap County. It will be ...
OregonLive.com - Portland,OR,USA
And it could still come to be - experts say once a bear attacks a human, it learns this behavior and will be more likely attack again. ...

Man injured in bear attack while walking in Kitsap County park
Bellingham Herald - Bellingham,WA,USA
A man has been injured after a bear attacked him while he was walking his dog in a Kitsap County park. The Kitsap County Sheriff's Department says the man ...

Bear Attacks Kitsap Man in Forest
KIROtv.com - Seattle,WA,USA
A local man is in the hospital Sunday night -- while searchers look for the bear that mauled him. Washington State Fish and Wildlife officers say the victim ...

Moore Haven man shoots 350-pound bear
Palm Beach Post - FL, United States
The first report of a dog attack came on Tuesday, when a caller told wildlife officers that they spotted a bear in Moore Haven carrying a dog in its mouth. ...

Cougar attacks family pets
Canmore Leader - Canmore,Alberta,Canada
People out in the area should carry bear spray, which also works on cougars, and keep their dogs on leash, he added. A cat went missing on Saturday from the ...

Sweden to pay wife of bear attack victim
Earthtimes.org - USA
22 The wife and children of the first person to be killed by a bear in Sweden in more than a century are to receive compensation. The money -- 150000 kroner ...

Man fought bear
The Daily News - Halifax,Nova Scotia,Canada
... bow-hunting season south of Grande Prairie when the attack occurred. Just after sunset, he ran into a mother grizzly with three cubs. At first, the bear ...

Grizzly attack
Edmonton Sun - Alberta, Canada
By DEREK LOGAN, SUN MEDIA GRANDE PRAIRIE -- A hunter who fought off and mortally wounded a charging grizzly bear last week said he had no chance to run and ...

Bear attack victim gets serious about life
United Press International - USA
19 (UPI) -- A man who was attacked by a grizzly bear in Alaska has married his longtime girlfriend after she helped save his life. ...

Hunter survives bear attack
Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa
Helsinki - A wounded bear attacked an unlucky hunter in Finland on the first day of the hunting season on Monday, but the man survived suffering only a big

Burro recovering from bear attack in Calhoun
Daily Mail - Charleston - Charleston,WV,USA
Lynch speculated that the bear may have had cubs and felt threatened, or that there was simply something wrong with it. Burros are sometimes used by farme

Bear Attack Update
KPVI-TV - Pocatello,ID,USA
The area closure is in effect to protect human life and safety from a potential grizzly bear-human encounter. On August 16th, a grizzly bear sow with two ...

Big Horn Canyon Bear Attack
SmallTownPapers News Service - Seattle,WA,USA
According to the National Park Service, a black bear pounced on a tent with a camper sleeping within, but a bystander who saw the attack helped scare the ...

J&K: 7 injured in bear attack
Frontline - India
19 (PTI): Seven government employees received minor injuries while shifting a captured bear cub in Poonch district on Saturday, officials said. ...

Bear mauls sleeping camper to death in Russia's Far East
RIA Novosti - Moscow,Russia
In May, a worker at a water treatment plant was seriously injured in a brown bear attack. In August, a brown bear bit off a five-year-old girl's hand when ...

Bear-bothered campsites fill up
Billings Gazette - MT, USA
By The Gazette Staff A campground in the Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area continues to draw boaters despite a recent black bear attack. ...

News in Brief
The Moscow Times - Russia
(MT) YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK -- A brown bear killed a tourist camping Thursday on a Far East island and was then shot by fellow campers, local police said. ...

Billings man helps free a camper from bear attack
Helena Independent Record - Helena,MT,USA
Jim Walters of Fromberg credits a fellow recreationist for saving his life after a black bear pounced on his tent at a campground in the Bighorn Canyon ...

Black Bears Settling Into Orange County Neighborhood
WFtv.com - Orlando,FL,USA
There's never been a documented bear attack in Florida, but there have been a steadily increasing number of car accidents involving bears and families in ...

Billings man helps free a camper from bear attack | KXNet.com ...
KXMC - Minot,ND,USA
(AP) A Fromberg man is crediting a Billings man with saving his life, after helping chase off a black bear that had pounced on his tent earlier this week. ...

Camper, bear tangle as beast tramples tent
Billings Gazette - MT, USA
Although he told them about the attack, they set up their picnic lunch at one of the campground's tables. Within minutes, Walters spotted a yearling bear ...

Grouse Grind encounter signals a need to get back to bear basics
Globe and Mail - Canada
Mr. Palm acknowledged black bears can "absolutely" be dangerous, pointing to a fatal attack on a woman in the southeastern BC community of Invermere last ...

No reason seen for bear killing woman
Vail Daily News - Vail,CO,USA
Paul Visentin, the wildlife officer for the area, told Whistler's Pique Newsmagazine that there was no good reason for the bear attack. ...

Droppings indicate bear may be near channel
Enterprise-Record - Chico,CA,USA
There's never been a fatal black bear attack in California, and generally attacks are by males, not females, he noted. Lomeli said the public should call ...

Bear attack prompts charges against mining company
Ecolog.com (subscription) - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
It is believed the mother bear killed Pagé instantly in an effort to protect her young. Both the coroner's report and the YWCHSB's own report have not been ...

Bear attack blamed for woman's death in British Columbia
Bellingham Herald - Bellingham,WA,USA
AP State A mountain biker was found dead in southeastern British Columbia, apparently after being attacked by a black bear, and in a separate incident a ...

'Psycho' bear tears apart an eco-idyll
Times Online - UK
The creature has even been spotted in villages, raising fears of an attack on people and 100 farmers recently held a protest outside the town hall in the ...

Couple escape Grizzly attack
StarPhoenix - Saskatoon,Saskatchewan,Canada
CALGARY (CNS) -- A couple mountain biking in Banff National Park narrowly escaped a dangerous grizzly bear attack, said Parks Canada on Sunday. ...

Bear attack blamed for woman's death
KOMO - Seattle,WA,USA
By AP INVERMERE, British Columbia (AP) - A mountain biker was found dead in southeastern British Columbia, apparently after being attacked by a black bear, ...
Deadly bear attack feared at Panorama
National Post - Canada
... the woman's body was made the same weekend a couple mountain biking near Lake Minnewanka in Banff National Park narrowly escaped a grizzly bear attack. ...

Mountain biker killed in possible bear attack in BC Interior
CBC.ca - Alberta, Canada
Paul Visentin, a conservation officer with the BC Ministry of Environment, said they are still investigating if it was a bear attack. ...

Mountain biker killed in bear attack
CBC British Columbia - Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada
Conservation officers believe a woman found dead on Sunday on a ski hill in eastern British Columbia was killed by a bear. The RCMP shot a black bear found ...
Bear attack blamed for woman's death in British Columbia
Seattle Times - United States
By AP INVERMERE, BC -- A mountain biker was found dead in southeastern British Columbia, apparently after being attacked by a black bear, and in a separate ...

'Aggressive bear' killed Calgary cyclist near Alberta-BC border
CBC.ca - Alberta, Canada
An autopsy has revealed a 31-year-old Calgary cyclist died as a result of a black bear attack in what one conservation officer called an "accident waiting ...

Bear attack suspected in mountain biker's death
Vancouver Sun - British Columbia, Canada
Members of the RCMP are investigating what appears to be the province's latest bear attack after the body of a 34-year-old woman was found near Invermere ...

Bear attack blamed for woman's death in British Columbia
The Columbian - Vancouver,WA,USA
INVERMERE, British Columbia (AP) -- A mountain biker was found dead in southeastern British Columbia, apparently after being attacked by a black bear, ...

'Artic Tale': Global warming goes family friendly
International Herald Tribune - France
... the tutorials in which a mother polar bear shows cubs how to reach a seal cached in layered sea ice; a chilling attack by a polar bear on a walrus. ...

Cyclist killed by black bear
Canoe.ca - Canada
This is the second serious bear attack near Invermere in less than three weeks. A forestry worker was mauled in the arm and thigh and only let go after the ...

Mind your own business
Deccan Herald - Bangalore,India
The recent incident in Bellary district where a bear injured five persons is a pointer to the same.. The word 'bear' is just enough to send shivers down the ...

Bear Attack In BC's East Kootenay Claims One
770chqr.com - Calgary,Canada
CALGARY/AM770 CHQR - A woman is dead after being attacked by a bear in the East Kootenay over the weekend. The incident occurred around the Panorama Ski ...

Bear encounters becoming more common
WBBH - Ft. Myers,FL,USA
There's never been a documented attack in Florida, but we have to keep things in perspective. Public safety is number one, and that's the bottom line," said ...

The bare facts on bees, black bears and bullheads
Rhinelander Daily News - Rhinelander,WI,USA
If you see a bear at a bird feeder during the day, take the feeder down and discontinue all feeding for at least two weeks. EURO Never feed a bear! ...

Bear mauling going to trial
Northern News Services (subscription) - Yellowknife,Northwest Territories,Canada
The debate over whether a Yellowknife-based exploration company properly equipped one of its employees who died as a result of a bear attack last April will ...

Bear nips hiker
Canada.com - Hamilton,Ontario,Canada
Clinton residents can't recall another bear attack around the town. "It's the first one I've ever heard of," said Klopp's neighbour, Robin Fennell. ...

BC forest workers count blessings while recovering from grizzly attack
Brandon Sun - Manitoba, Canada
CRANBROOK, BC (CP) - Two forest contractors used their wits and a good shot of pepper spray to make a harrowing escape from a grizzly bear attack in ...

Flight not an option in bear encounters
Newsdurhamregion.com - Durham,Canada
By Mike Ruta We were talking about the near bear attack in Muskoka recently and what to do if you come across a Black Bear. Did you see the story? ...

Pair count blessings after grizzly attack
Fort Frances Times - ON, Canada
Two forest contractors used their wits and a good shot of pepper spray to make a harrowing escape from a grizzly bear attack in southeastern British ...

3 killed since Tuesday in South Kashmir
News Agency of Kashmir - Jammu,Kashmir,India
Sources quoting locals told News Agency of Kashmir that two bodies with apparent marks of bear attack were recovered today. Among the dead one was a minor ...

Black bears becoming bolder
Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada
To date, there has been only one bear attack reported, and a forestry worker in the Thunder Bay area suffered only scratches as he fought off a bear while ...

Pepper spray helps pair flee grizzly bear attack
Globe and Mail - Canada
The attack by the charging bear left one of the two in hospital for four days with a badly chewed arm and wounds to his leg. The two, a man and a woman, ...

BC forest workers count blessings while recovering from grizzly attack
Canoe.ca - Canada
... contractors used their wits and a good shot of pepper spray to make a harrowing escape from a grizzly bear attack in southeastern British Columbia. ...

Forestry workers ward off attacking grizzly bear
CTV.ca - Canada
CRANBROOK, BC -- Two forest contractors used their wits and a good shot of pepper spray to make a harrowing escape from a grizzly bear attack in ...

Adventurous start to outfitting business
Northern News Services (subscription) - Yellowknife,Northwest Territories,Canada
Nanooq means polar bear in Inuktitut. Beyond the polar bear attack in March, he's also facing the issues most young businesses face - attracting clients, ...

The little polar bear that grew too big for any more cuddles
Times Online - UK
First contacts with his father, Lars, were not encouraging: the adult bear threw himself at an acrylic shield, apparently wanting to attack his son. ...

Bear rehab center breaking ground
Vail Daily News - Vail,CO,USA
Rehabilitation is a task made no easier by incidents like the rare black bear attack June 17 at a Utah campsite that killed an 11-year-old boy -- and ...

Woman killed in bear attack a former Illinois resident
nwitimes.com - Munster,IN,USA
ANTIOCH, Ill. - An American woman killed by a bear while hiking with friends in Romania was a former Antioch resident who was working in Eastern Europe to ...

Bear sightings are up this year
Richmond Times Dispatch - Richmond,VA,USA
There is no record of an unprovoked bear attack in Virginia, and bears almost always run from people. But the risk isn't zero. Since 1900, black bears have ...

ABC 4 Special: When cougars attack
ABC 4 - Salt Lake City,USA
This on the heels of Utah's first death from a black bear attack. Since that attack, people have become much more aware of how to prevent and deal with an ...

Ill. woman killed in bear attack
Joliet Herald News - Joliet,IL,USA
AP An American woman killed by a bear while hiking with friends in Romania was a former Antioch resident who was working in Eastern Europe to prevent family ...

Woman killed in bear attack a former Illinois resident
ABC7Chicago.com - IL, USA
June 30, 2007 (ANTIOCH, Ill.) - An woman killed last week by a bear while hiking with friends in Romania was a former Antioch resident who was working in ...

Grizzly attacks, seriously wounds husband of former Montgomery ...
Williamsport Sun-Gazette - Williamsport,PA,USA
The attack was the first bear attack in the Grand Teton since 2001. No action has been taken against the bear by wildlife officials and Van Denbos said he ...

Albert Edwards: How to survive a bear attack
FT Alphaville - London,UK
If you accidentally surprise a bear, it sees you as an immediate threat. This is a defensive attack so if the bear makes contact PLAY DEAD. ...

Utah boy killed in bear attack
Kansas City Star - MO,USA
AP An 11-year-old boy was attacked and killed by a black bear as he slept in a tent with his family, police said. The boy, sleeping alone in a section of ...

Man, bear dangerous animals
Deseret News - Salt Lake City,UT,USA
By Lee Benson I couldn't help but juxtapose news of the recent bear attack in the mountains with Monday's inmate attack in the city. ...

Frederick Woman Among Those Injured In Bear Attack
WJZ - Baltimore,MD,USA
(AP) FREDERICK, Md. A Frederick woman was among a group of US tourists attacked by a bear in Romania on Saturday. Twenty-six-year-old Sara McKelvey was ...

Bear killed after deadly attack on boy
Fort Wayne News Sentinel - Fort Wayne,IN,USA
AP AMERICAN FORK, Utah - Wildlife officers on Monday fatally wounded a bear they believed was the same animal that snatched an 11-year-old boy from his ...

Bear Attack In Romania
Jaunted - USA
A group of American hikers wandering through the Carpathian Mountains north of Bucharest over the weekend were attacked by a brown bear who eventually ...

Avoid the blame game in bear attack
Salt Lake Tribune - United States
In the case of the recent bear attack, both these requirements were met. In the final analysis, the UDWR and US Forest Service bear no more accountability ...

US tourist killed, two others injured in bear attack on mountain ...
San Diego Union Tribune - United States
AP BUCHAREST, Romania - A bear attacked a group of US tourists on a remote trail in the Carpathian Mountains, killing a woman and injuring two other people, ...

Bear attack victim laid to rest
Daily Herald - Provo,UT,USA
The 11-year-old was killed Sunday night after a bear attacked his family's tent in American Fork Canyon. He would have been a sixth-grader this fall at ...

Aggressive bear caught and shot
The Chronicle Journal - Thunder Bay,Ontario,Canada
Though some bush workers carry pepper spray to deal with a bear attack, Johnston stopped short of recommending it. He said if the stinging spray blows back ...

Deadly Bear Attack Raises Questions
KSL-TV - Salt Lake City,UT,USA
"I think campers at the very least could have been told there is a bear attack, a tent was ripped into." The two government agencies in charge of responding ...

Wildlife author is the victim of grizzly attack
Journal Gazette and Times-Courier - Charleston,IL,USA
Cole was injured in a bear attack once before, the Park Service said. In September 1993, he walked out of the backcountry in Glacier National Park after ...

DOW Offers Safety Tips Following Fatal Bear Attack
KJCT8.com - Grand Junction,CO,USA
The bear attack that tragically took the life a Utah boy Sunday night, has prompted the Colorado Division of Wildlife (DOW) to issue safety tips on how to ...

Recent Bear Attack Leads to More People Buying Items to Defend ...
KSL-TV - Salt Lake City,UT,USA
At Kirkham's Outdoor Products, they've sold a fair number of pepper spray canisters lately. Sales Manager Andy Church says, "It says it's small ...

Bear attack: Why no warning at campground?
Deseret News - Salt Lake City,UT,USA
Since Logan wasn't informed until after the attack occurred, it was too late to call for more signs. But preliminary information of the first bear encounter ...

Recent Bear Attack Leads to More People Buying Items to Defend ...
KSL-TV - Salt Lake City,UT,USA
The bear attack that tragically took the life of a boy in American Fork Canyon apparently has more people buying items like pepper spray. ...

Uinta National Forest blames deadly bear attack on dirty campers
ABC 4 - Salt Lake City,USA
... some campers leave behind and what officials with the Uinta National Forest Service claim triggered the bear attack that killed 11-year old Samuel Ives. ...

Campers brave bear country despite fatal attack on boy
Salt Lake Tribune - United States
AMERICAN FORK CANYON - Even a deadly black bear attack at a nearby campsite earlier this week failed to discourage Bobby and Faye Brown from setting up ...

Family Blames Forest Service For Fatal Bear Attack
WCSH-TV - Portland,ME,USA
During a Father's Day camping trip with his family in Utah, a black bear dragged him from the tent and fatally mauled him. Eldon Ives, Sam's Grandfather, ...

Experts find no odd factors in bear attack
Deseret News - Salt Lake City,UT,USA
Jim Karpowitz added that Sunday night's "horrible, tragic bear attack" could be just the start of bear problems this summer. "Bears are all around us" on ...

DWR Stands Behind Procedure in Bear Attack Tragedy
KSL-TV - Salt Lake City,UT,USA
In light of the deadly bear attack, questions about procedures when notifying the public are surfacing. Should the family have been notified of the first ...

Drought may have role in bear attack
Daily Mail - Charleston - Charleston,WV,USA
by Jake Stump State wildlife experts are calling a fatal black bear attack on an 11-year-old boy in Utah highly unusual considering that the animals are ...

Child killed in bear attack
The Canberra Times - Canberra,Australian Capital Territory,Australia
An 11-year-old American boy was dragged screaming from his family's tent and killed by a black bear during a Father's Day outing in the Utah wilderness. ...

Grandfather blames officials for bear attack
Denver Post - Denver,CO,USA
The bear that killed the boy was fatally shot Monday, about 12 hours after the attack. Sam Ives would have been a sixth-grader in the fall at Valley View ...

Family of Victim Plans to Talk About Fatal Bear Attack
KSL-TV - Salt Lake City,UT,USA
In fact, this is the first fatal bear attack that they are aware of in the state. Late Sunday night, a 250- to 300-pound adult black bear mauled Ives in ...

UPDATE: Family cites feds in fatal bear attack
Daily Herald - Provo,UT,USA
The family of an 11-year-old boy killed by a black bear are frustrated that their young son and grandson's life was stolen from them by a bear that ...

Boy killed in bear attack
SBS - World News Australia - Australia
Wildlife officials, tracking dogs and a helicopter later hunted down the black bear believed to be responsible for the attack. The 300lb animal, a male, ...

Wilderness Expert Discusses Fatal Bear Attack In Utah County
ABC 4 - Salt Lake City,USA
Searchers found blood and quickly realized the boy's disappearance was most likely a bear attack. His body was found shortly after 1AM near the family's ...
Man recounts experience survivng Grand Teton bear attack
ABC 4 - Salt Lake City,USA
And Dunn isn't the only Utahn to survive a bear attack. A handful of others also tell tales of unspeakable horror and pain. Here's how dunn describes his ...

Breaking News: 11-Year-Old Killed in Overnight Bear Attack in Utah ...
ABC 4 - Salt Lake City,USA
Investigators say the boy is a victim of a bear attack. The 11-year-old's family was camping along the Timpooneke Trail in the Timpanogos Wilderness Area in ...

When Bears Attack: What to do if you meet bear in the wild
ABC 4 - Salt Lake City,USA
On the whole, a black bear that attacks and does not give up is a bear that wants to eat you. When grizzlies attack, they want to make sure you're not a ...

Bear Attack
KNBC.com - Los Angeles,CA,USA
Bear Attack June 18, 2007 A black bear kills a boy during a camping trip in Utah. URL: Do you want us to remember your personal information for next time?

Bear Killed After Deadly Attack on Boy
Chattanooganow (subscription) - Chattanooga,TN,USA
The bear had been wounded early in the day and was pursued by hunters aided by a helicopter and 26 tracking dogs. It was described as a male, possibly 300 ...

Colorado bear encounters
KOAA - Pueblo,CO,USA
The bear attack killing an 11-year-old boy in Utah is a scenario that could easily have been in Colorado. The camping area and type of bear could be ...

Colorado bear encounters
KOAA - Pueblo,CO,USA
The bear attack killing an 11-year-old boy in Utah is a scenario that could easily have been in Colorado. The camping area and type of bear could be ...

BLACK BEAR, GOOD OMEN A WILD TIMERIVERBEND MASCOT COMES TO LIFE
The Free Lance-Star - Fredericksburg,VA,USA
According to state records, there has never been a confirmed attack of a bear on a human in Virginia--though Courtland's defense may feel differently after ...

Saturday Extra: Encounters with wildlife
Prince Albert Daily Herald - Prince Albert,Saskatchewan,Canada
What's proper protocol during a bear attack? If it'sa black bear, Moreland said show no mercy and let the beast have it. However, Moreland emphasizes ...

Brookfield grad helps save man's life in bear attack
Greater Milwaukee Today - WI, USA
"He was really in good spirits and the happiest bear attack victim I've ever met," Gray said during a telephone interview Thursday. ...

Mauled by a Bear, in the Ocean
Tam News - Mill Valley,CA,USA
First of all, hypothermia is not supposed to be all that bad, second of all, the attack would come when complete numbness has already set in, ...

Hunters in polar bear fight
Cincinnati.com - Cincinnati,OH,USA
Now their hobby - which can cost as much as $35000 for a 10-day guided polar bear hunt in Canada's Arctic Circle - is under attack. Separately, the Fish and ...

Wyo. man hurt in grizzly attack
Aspen Times - Aspen,CO,USA
A grizzly bear attacked a man Wednesday after the man apparently surprised a female bear and three cubs feeding on an elk carcass. ...

Grizzly bear injures man in Grand Teton National Park
Planet Jackson Hole - WY,USA
A GTNP press release hypothesized that the attack was a defensive response by the bear, who had been feeding on a freshly killed elk carcass. ...

Bear sightings are on the rise
Connellsville Daily Courier - Connellsville,PA,USA
It is possible that the bear could be with their cub and aggressively attack a person or charge toward them to scare the person away from the cub, ...

Grizzly Bear Attack in Grand Teton National Park
KPVI-TV - Pocatello,ID,USA
... the bear away. The National Park Service says it will not destroy the grizzly. This is the first grizzly attack in Grant Teton National Park since 2001.

NJ Girl Scout survives bear attack
Cherry Hill Courier Post - Cherry Hill,NJ,USA
A bear tried to pull a New Jersey Girl Scout out of her tent, causing the Girl Scouts to ban tent camping at Camp Mosey Wood in White Haven, Pa., ...

Vernon police shoot, kill bear that broke into a house
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
Yuhas said state biologists have determined that in situations where bears break into homes, damage property or attack other animals such as pets, ...

Man attacked by grizzly is released from Idaho hospital
Rocky Mountain News - Denver,CO,USA
Last month's attack in Yellowstone Park was the first time a bear had injured someone since September 2005 and marked the eighth attack in park boundaries ...

Montana photographer mauled by grizzly released from ID hospital
Twin Falls Times-News - Twin Falls,ID,USA
Last month's attack in Yellowstone Park was the first time a bear had injured someone since September 2005 and marked the eighth attack in park boundaries ...

Hutchinson man survives suspected bear attack
Hutchinson Leader - Hutchinson,MN,USA
At first, Kenning and others thought he had been attacked by a bear. But then officers with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources said the wounds ...

State cleared in grizzly attack
Billings Gazette - Billings,MT,USA
A five-justice panel of the Supreme Court agreed, ruling unanimously that the state "owed no duty to protect Mr. Hilston from the grizzly bear attack that ...

Friend says bear attack in park was defensive
The Bozeman Daily Chronicle - Bozeman,MT,USA
When a grizzly bear attacked Bozeman author and photographer Jim Cole last week in Yellowstone National Park, the attack was over quickly and probably ...

Montana Man Recovering From Bear Attack
KIFI - Idaho Falls,ID,USA
57-year old Jim Cole is recovering at the Eastern Idaho Medical Center after he was attacked by a bear Wednesday afternoon. It happened in the Hayden Valley ...

Park Service identifies bear attack victim as author/photographer ...
International Herald Tribune - France
... identified as an author and photographer who survived a previous bear attack, and was once charged with approaching too close to bears but acquitted. ...

Another bear attack on a dog in Asheville
WIS - Columbia,SC,USA
A 20-pound dachshund-beagle mix was attacked by an angry mother bear with three cubs nearby. The bear ripped open sections of the dog's hindquarters. ...

Park Service says Bozeman man was bear attack victim
KIFI - Idaho Falls,ID,USA
The victim of yesterday's attack was 57-year-old Jim Cole, a writer and photographer from Bozeman. Cole writes about bears, and has survived a bear attack ...

Bozeman photographer ID'd as bear attack victim
Great Falls Tribune - Great Falls,MT,USA
Yellowstone National Park authorities on Thursday identified the victim of a grizzly bear attack in the park on Wednesday as a photographer and author from ...

Man Hikes For Miles After Bear Attack
Sky News - Isleworth,UK
A photographer whose face was ripped and gouged in a grizzly bear attack had to walk miles before finding help in the US state of Wyoming. ...

Extreme hunger drives bear to attack family dog in Asheville
Wilmington Morning Star - Wilmington,NC,USA
Asheville | Another bear attack on a family dog here highlights the animals' desperate hunger after a late freeze destroyed much of their food supply, ...

Girl, 15, treated after bear encounter
Toronto Star - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
Police said they believe it was an accident rather than an attack. Numerous sightings of this bear along with other black bears have been reported over the ...

The Grand Rapids Press - Grand Rapids,MI,USA
... the sensational drivel of popular periodicals that have long sought to pump up sales with life-and-death cover stories of surviving a bear attack. ...

Park Service identifies bear attack victim as author/photographer ...
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung) - Wien,Austria
Montana, suffered severe injuries to his face in Wednesday's attack, officials say. He told park rangers that he had been attacked by a sow grizzly bear ...

Mystery animal claws sleeping camper
Pioneer Press - St. Paul,MN,USA
Such a bear attack is rare, said Dave Garshelis, a DNR bear researcher based in Grand Rapids. "It's uncharacteristic but not unprecedented,'' he said. ...

15 Canadians to be honoured for acts of bravery
CBC.ca - Calgary,Alberta,Canada
An Ontario man who fought with a black bear that attacked his wife, a Vancouver woman who died trying to protect a stranger and a Newfoundland woman killed ...

Another Bear Attack In Asheville
WFMY News 2 - Greensboro,NC,USA
Asheville, NC -- Another bear attack on a family dog here highlights the animals' desperate hunger after a late freeze destroyed much of their food supply, ...

Bear with Us
Ellsworth American - Ellsworth,ME,USA
The greatest misconception about black bears is that they are likely to attack people in defense of cubs, according to the North American Bear Center, ...

Man earns award for saving wife from bear attack
Vancouver Sun (subscription) - Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada
Tracked by the wounded bear, he managed to drag his wife to the beach despite his own extensive injuries. He pulled her into their kayak and paddled to a ...

Bearing with fear, bearing without spray
Juneau Empire (subscription) - Juneau,AK,USA
When does the cost of avoiding a bear attack exceed the cost of the actual attack? I'm no economist, so let's just say that $42 was more than I was carrying ...

Bear Attack
WKRG-TV - Mobile,AL,USA
At 400 pounds and six feet tall, when standing upright, the black bear is one of the main attractions at the Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo. But for Rusty Gilbert, ...

Police training kicked in after bear attack; Sault Insp. Campbell ...
Sault Star - Sault Ste-Marie,Ontario,Canada
With the pair were the body of Jacqueline Perry, who had been attacked by a bear, and Perry's husband, Marc Jordan, who was badly injured. ...

Insp. Campbell honoured for helping out after bear attack in ...
Sault Star - Sault Ste-Marie,Ontario,Canada
With the pair were Jacqueline Perry, who had been attacked by a bear, and her husband, Marc Jordan. Perry was killed and her spouse was badly injured. ...

Bears make surprise visits in cities
Green Bay Press Gazette - Green Bay,WI,USA
Koele said no humans have been injured in Wisconsin because of a bear attack. The DNR describes the animal as “shy and solitary” and says nearly all of its ...

Man killed in bear attack
Sahara Samay - Noida,India
Srinagar, May 16: A man was killed in bear attack in Anantnag district today, the police said. Abdul Gani Wani, 55, was mauled by the wild animal at ...

Deadly bear attack spurs charges, questions
OHS Canada - Toronto,ON,Canada
WHITEHORSE (Canadian OH&S News) -- Charges have been laid against a geosciences exploration company in the Yukon after a worker was fatally mauled by a bear ...

Company charged in bear-mauling death
Canadian HR Reporter - Scarborough,Ontario,Canada
A Yellowknife-based mining company has been charged with negligence relating to a grizzly bear attack that led to the death of a worker in the Yukon last ...

Hungry bears attack dogs in mountain backyards
Winston-Salem Journal (subscription) - Winston-Salem,NC,USA
In Asheville on Sunday night, a mother black bear killed a dog that had been let out in the back yard. The bear, which had cubs nearby, was trying to get to ...

Homer couple photographs bear killing moose
Glenwood Springs Post Independent - Glenwood Springs,CO,USA
The couple put their dog inside, grabbed their cameras and started filming the attack as the grizzly battled the moose down the driveway, finally killing it ...