Re: [at-l] bears

[tom@netword.com]

Lately there have been a number of stories (and anecdotes) of black bears
attacking people.  Are these just floating to the top becuase there is
heightened interest in the subject or is there an increase in reported
incidents over prior years?

Take Care,
Tom

At 06:13 PM 7/14/00 -0400, Christopher Wood wrote:
>How likely is a black bear to be a killer? The 500,000 black bears in North
>America kill fewer than one person per 3 years, on the average, despite
>hundreds of thousands of encounters. To put this in perspective, for each
>death from a black bear across North America, there are approximately 17
>deaths from spiders, 25 deaths from snakes, 67 deaths from dogs, 150 deaths
>from tornadoes, 180 deaths from bees and wasps, 374 deaths from lightning,
>and 90,000 homicides in the United States alone
>(data from the National Center for Health Statistics, 1980-1983).
>
>i think there are more things to worry about than bears use common sense...
>
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