It’s the episode you’ve all been waiting for: bear attacks! Hang out with us while we dig into some statistics and tell some sobering stories about what can happen when things go wrong.
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Links We Discussed:
https://www.bearsmart.com/play/bear-encounters/
https://www.heybear.com/pages/bear-education
Sources Cited:
“73-Year-Old Man Attacked by Bear While Hiking in Eastern Idaho.” KTVB7, 1 June 2020, www.ktvb.com/article/sports/outdoors/73-year-old-man-attacked-by-bear-while-hiking-in-eastern-idaho/277-cbf922ee-5291-4e1e-bf09-7160581fb9c8.
“Bear-Inflicted Human Injuries and Fatalities in Yellowstone.” National Parks Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, 19 Nov. 2022, www.nps.gov/yell/learn/nature/injuries.htm.
Bombieri, G., et al. “Brown bear attacks on humans: A worldwide perspective.” Scientific Reports, vol. 9, no. 1, 12 June 2019, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-44341-w.
Chappell, Bill. “The Couple Killed by a Bear in Banff Were Able to Send an SOS Text: ‘Bear Attack Bad.’” NPR, NPR, 6 Oct. 2023, www.npr.org/2023/10/06/1203928437/couple-grizzly-bear-attack-banff-sent-message.
Fike, Ellen. “West Yellowstone Man Found To Be At Fault For Fatal Grizzly Attack.” Cowboy State Daily, 10 Aug. 2021.
“Grizzly Bear Blamed for Fatal Montana Mauling and Idaho Attack Is Killed after Breaking into a House.” KTVB7, 7 Sept. 2023, www.ktvb.com/article/news/regional/grizzly-bear-killed-montana-mauling-idaho-2020-attack/277-da863e19-761e-4086-a615-3a5ac7a2d2b5.
Herrero, Stephen, et al. “Fatal attacks by American black bear on people: 1900–2009.” The Journal of Wildlife Management, vol. 75, no. 3, 2011, pp. 596–603, https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.72.
McMillion, Scott. Mark of the Grizzly: Revised and Updated with More Stories of Recent Bear Attacks and the Hard Lessons Learned. Lyons Press, 2020.
Penteriani, Vincenzo, et al. “Human behaviour can trigger large carnivore attacks in developed countries.” Scientific Reports, vol. 6, no. 1, 3 Feb. 2016, https://doi.org/10.1038/srep20552.
Snow, Kathleen. Taken by Bear in Yellowstone: More than a Century of Harrowing Encounters between Grizzlies and Humans. Lyons Press, 2016.
Whittlesey, Lee H. Death in Yellowstone: Accidents and Foolhardiness in the First National Park. Roberts Rinehart Publishers, an Imprint of Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., 2014.
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