This is a list of known fatal bear attacks that occurred in North America by decade in reverse chronological order. Three species of bear, the Brown Bear (Ursus arctos), the American Black Bear (Ursus americanus) and the Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) are identified in the article. The Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos horribilis), the Kodiak Bear and the Mexican Brown Bear are treated as subspecies of the Brown Bear. There were about 52 recorded deaths due to black bears between 1900 and 2003 and about 50 deaths due to brown bears and about 5 due to polar bears in the same period. The most recent data is the most reliable and complete, but does not necessarily include all of the fatal attacks that have occurred in North America. Prior to recent decades bear attacks were not well documented, particularly those which took place in isolated regions. As a result there were more attacks and fatalities than have been recorded as shown here, particularly in Canada and Alaska.
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2000s
Stephen Miller, 39, male April 22, 2008 Brown Big Bear Lake, California. A famous bear trained to perform in movies unexpectedly turned on a handler, fatally biting him in the neck. The bear was recently featured in the movie Semi-Pro featuring Will Ferrell. Pepper Spray was used to subdue the bear, and no further injuries were reported. The bear was a 7 1/2' 700lb 5 year old male named Rocky. He was being held in the "Predators in Action" animal training facility at the time of the incident. The bear's fate has yet to be determined. [1]
Don Peters, 51, male November 25, 2007 Brown Mountain Aire Lodge west of Sundre, about 90 km northwest of Calgary. The 51-year-old did not return from a hunting trip in Western Alberta. He was killed by a grizzly near his vehicle after going hunting alone. His body was found three days later. His rifle was found nearby. It had been fired but there was nothing to indicate the bear had been hit. Officials were trying to trap the bear but would not say whether it would be killed if captured. Upon capture, the bear may be shot, moved to another area or let go, depending on an evaluation of the bear; said Alberta resources spokesman Dave Ealey. [2]
Nick Ruberto, 22, male September 5, 2007 Black Whilst drinking with his friends in Ely, Minnesota, the unfortunate Mr. Ruberto wandered into the woods to urinate. He never returned. Upon waking up the following morning, his friends found his mauled remains 60 yards away from the cabin. The bear was later captured and killed by the Minnesota DNR. [3]
Robin Kochorek, 31, female July 20, 2007 Black The 31-year-old woman was reported missing on July 20th after being separated from friends while mountain biking at Panorama Mountain Resort, British Columbia. She was killed by a black bear who was right where the body was recovered at 8 a.m. July 21st. Indications were that the bear had preyed upon this person or obviously was trying to claim ownership. The bear was shot on site by RCMP.[4]
Samuel Evan Ives, 11, male June 17, 2007 Black Taken from a tent in American Fork Canyon in the Uinta National Forest in Utah County, Utah where he was sleeping with his stepfather, mother and 6-year-old brother. The bear was later killed by state Wildlife officials.[5]
Jean-Francois Pagé, 28, male April 28, 2006 Brown Fatally mauled while staking mineral claims near Ross River, Yukon, Canada. He unknowingly walked right past a bear den containing a sow and 2 cubs. [6]
Elora Petrasek, 6, female April 13, 2006 Black She was killed and her mother and 2 year-old brother seriously injured in an attack in the Cherokee National Forest in Tennessee.[7]
Arthur Louie, 60, male September 20, 2005 Brown Killed by a female and two cubs while he was walking back to his mining camp after his truck had a flat tire at Bowron River, British Columbia.[8]
Jacqueline Perry, 30, female September 6, 2005 Black Killed in a predatory attack at the Missinaibi Lake Provincial Park, north of Chapleau, Ontario, Canada. Her husband was seriously injured trying to protect her. Ministry staff shot and killed the bear at approximately 8:00 a.m. Saturday, September 10, 2005, near the area where the fatal attack occurred in a remote area of the park. [9][10] The bear involved had already attempted to attack two fisherman an hour before this attack occurred
Harvey Robinson, 69, male August 26, 2005 Black Fatally mauled while picking plums at Selkirk, north of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Rich Huffman, 61, male; Kathy Huffman, 58, female June 23, 2005 Brown Killed in their tent at a campsite along the Hulahula river 12 miles upriver from Kaktovik in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Isabelle Dube, 35, female June 5, 2005 Brown Killed while jogging with 2 friends on the Bench Trail in Canmore, Alberta
Merlyn Carter, 71, male 2005 Black Found dead in the main cabin of his fishing camp located 300 km Northeast of Ft. Smith, Northwest Territories, Canada.
Timothy Treadwell, 46, male ; Amie Huguenard, 37, female October 2003 Brown Found by their pilot, dead and most of their bodies consumed at Kaflia Bay, Katmai National Park, Alaska on October 6, 2003. Treadwell was world-famous for his books and documentaries on living with wild bears in Alaska. State Troopers investigating the incident recovered an audiotape of the attack. Only a few days before, Treadwell filmed himself with the bear that killed him in the background, while commenting that it was a bear just like this one — older, struggling to bulk up for the winter — that posed the most threat to humans. The two were killed on the last night before their scheduled pickup, after spending several months in the Alaskan bush. [11]
Forestry worker April 17, 2003 Black Stalked, killed and partially consumed by a large, black bear near Waswanipi, a village in northern Quebec.
Christopher Bayduza September 2002 Black Attacked and killed at a remote oil rigging site in northeastern British Columbia.
Maurice Malenfant September 2002 Black Attacked and killed in his campsite in Gaspé region of Quebec.
Ester Schwimmer, 5 months, female August 2002 Black Bear grabs and kills 5 month old infant from stroller on the porch of home in Fallsburg, New York.
Timothy Hilston, 50, male October 30, 2001 Brown Bear attacked and killed an elk hunter as he was gutting an elk in Western Montana. [12]
Adelia Maestras Trujillo, 93, female August 2001 Black Bear breaks into a house in New Mexico and is confronted by the elderly owner who dies during the attack.
Kyle Harry, 18, male June 3, 2001 Black Attacked and killed at a rural campsite 25 km. east of Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories, Canada.
George Tullos, 41, male July 14, 2000 Brown His partially consumed body was found at Run Amuk campground in Hyder, Alaska.
Mary-Beth Miller, 24, female July 2000 Black Attacked and killed while on a training run in Quebec, Canada.
Glena Ann Bradley, female May 2000 Black Killed and partially consumed by a 112 pound female and her 40 pound yearling. The attack occurred near the Goshen Prong/Little River trail junction 1.5 miles upstream from Elkmont, Great Smoky Mountains near Gatlinburg, Tennessee作者: 老上 时间: 2008-7-24 10:19
加州巡狩人员七月二十三日，携带猎犬进入靠近克恩郡贝克斯菲尔德市郊一带的山区，企图寻找一头曾攻击一名中年妇女的灰熊。巡狩人员还在据报是灰熊可能出没的地区设下捕兽陷阱。
美洲黑熊被分類為哺乳類、食肉目、熊科。現在被接受的亞種 (with their respective ranges) 包括:
種類 分佈地區
Ursus americanus altifrontalis 由加拿大卑詩省中部至加州北部和內陸到愛德荷州北端和英國哥倫比亞的太平洋西北岸。
Ursus americanus amblyceps 科羅拉多州，新墨西哥州，西德克薩斯州和亞利桑那州東半部到 墨西哥北部;猶他州東南部。
Ursus americanus americanus 由蒙大拿州東到大西洋鎮；由阿拉斯加州南部和東部到加拿大到大西洋鎮和南至德克薩斯州
Ursus americanus californiensis 加州中部山谷， 奧勒崗州的南部至北部。
Ursus americanus carlottae 夏洛特皇后群島和阿拉斯加州。
Ursus americanus cinnamomum 愛達荷蒙大拿，蒙大拿蒙大拿西部，和懷俄明州，華盛頓州和奧勒崗州東部，猶他州東北部。
Ursus americanus emmonsii 阿拉斯加州東南部。
Ursus americanus eremicus 墨西哥東北部。
Ursus americanus floridanus 佛羅里達州，喬治亞州南部和阿拉巴馬州。
Ursus americanus hamiltoni 紐芬蘭島嶼。
Ursus americanus kermodei 卑詩省亞中岸。
Ursus americanus luteolus 德克薩斯州東部，路易西安納州，密西西比州南部。
Ursus americanus machetes 墨西哥中北部。
Ursus americanus perniger 阿拉斯加州的基奈半島。
Ursus americanus pugnax 阿拉斯加州的阿歷山大群島。
Ursus americanus vancouveri 卑詩省的溫哥華島。
KRASNOYARSK, September 12 (Itar-Tass) - A bear has mauled two mushroom pickers to death in Khakasia, a district emergency situations department told Itar-Tass on Friday.
Two local residents were attacked half a kilometers from the village of Vershina Tei, Askizsky district, in close proximity to the place where the bear had earthed the carcass of the cow that disappeared several days ago.
Acting director of the district emergency situations department Yevgeny Korotkov said all measures were being taken to shoot the animal.
"A crisis commission met early on Friday to coordinate actions of all services. A expert hunter has been summoned from Abakan, who will lead a team of police and emergency personnel in the hunt for the killer bear," Korotkov said.
"Villagers have been warned about the danger of entering the taiga. The Abakan hunter is committed to killing the bear, because it earthed its victims, a sure sign that it saw them as prey.
Specialists said this last summer yielded poor harvest for bears who cannot hibernate without putting on enough fat. Hunters believe the population of bears has been increasing because hunters' licenses have been two expensive.
CBC News
Two Vancouver Island men were attacked by a bear while they camped near Port Alberni Wednesday morning, the RCMP says.
The two men, aged 47 and 57, from Sooke, B.C., were camping in an area known as Taylor Flats at the west end of Sproat Lake.
"The bear initially attacked the 57-year-old male who was sleeping in a lean-to type shelter. His 47-year-old friend, sleeping nearby in a tent, was alerted to the attack and was able to fight off the bear," said Sgt. Kevin Murray.
Both men received extensive claw mark wounds in the attack, but were able to get to the West Coast General Hospital in Port Alberni for treatment. But the 57-year-old also sustained an injury to his skull and was later transported to Nanaimo for surgery.
Police said the men had been camping in the secluded area for a number of days and had encountered the bear in and around their camp on the first day. But they said they don't know what, if anything, provoked the attack.
The bear is believed to weigh about 150 pounds, said police.
Murray, of the Port Alberni RCMP, advised the public to be extra cautious in the area.
"Police and conservation want to remind people visiting the backcountry to be extra vigilant in protecting themselves and their camp from wildlife encounters," he said.
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灰熊洛基 在一次彩排中， 突然发怒，扑向了3名训练员之一，39岁的斯蒂芬·米勒，咬住他的颈部。其他2名驯兽人试图将灰熊洛基拉开，但都失败了。最后使用胡椒粉喷剂才将其制服。但是，米勒也因失血过多身亡。
Stephen Miller died 25 minutes after the accident with 2 deep puncture wound to his neck. It was on TV. This probably couldn't been avoided if Randy Miller didn't start beating Rocky with the stick. Just because Rocky was a trained animal since he was a young cub, he still has wild instinct.
据英国《每日邮报 dailymail》报道；一群观赏棕熊捕鱼的游客，突然面临冲过来的棕熊。幸亏在导游有关 “保持镇静。 不要跑动” 等正确提示下。安然度过了一个如此近距离毫无防备地和熊对峙终身难忘的太危险时刻 详见英文；
It must have sounded like the experience of a lifetime - an opportunity to observe Alaska's grizzly bears in the wild.
However, it could have very easily come to a grisly end after one of the bears charged at this group of tourists as they sat in camping chairs - and there was not a thing they could do about it.
The group of 10 had no option but to sit perfectly still as the fearsome bear bounded over to them before circling their camp and coming in for a closer inspection.
Eton pupil killed by polar bear: 17-year-old boy on £4,000 adventure trip is mauled to death as he sleeps in Arctic tent极地露营 化为熊餐 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ ... .html#ixzz1omyicGRk作者: 我喜欢霰弹枪 时间: 2012-9-27 00:58
我觉得还是豹子最难防，玩偷袭的主。
棕熊呢，个头大。容易发现。作者: 老上 时间: 2013-4-22 17:09 标题: 猜想 不如采访 猜想 不如采访
Two men are recovering from non-life threatening injuries after being attacked by a grizzly bear near Fernie, B.C., Wednesday morning.
Conservation officer Joe Caravetta said the men were near the top of Mount Proctor when the bear attacked.
He said one man hit the bear with bear spray, but that didn't stop the animal.
"That individual had a shotgun with him and at that time shot at the bear, hitting the bear," Caravetta said.
"But the bear still continued to pursue that individual and knock them down and chewed on him a bit before proceeding with its cub."
The men suffered injuries to their arms and legs but were able to flee and make their way to a nearby hospital. Caravetta said one man has been taken to a hospital in Lethbridge for treatment, while the other was treated at a hospital in Fernie and has since been released.
Conservation officers are investigating and attempting to locate the grizzly bear.
The Fairy Creek Proctor Mountain Bike and Hiking trail remains closed until the bear is found.
"It's very thick dense bush and we are asking the public to stay out of there," Caravetta said. "These gentlemen did nothing wrong, nor did the bear — it was just wrong place, wrong time."
The details are still under investigation but it has been reported to the BC Conservation Officer Service (COS) that two Fernie men are recovering after they were attacked by what appeared to be a sow grizzly bear on the ridge top of Mt. Proctor this morning.
The two men, who are in their mid thirties, were hiking along the ridge top of Mt. Proctor around 9 am. A bear charged towards them and began attacking one man, biting his upper arm and chest area. When the man discharged pepper spray into the bear’s face, the bear backed off but then ran at the second man.
The second man had a shotgun and discharged one shot at the bear at a very close range. The bear continued to attack the second man for a few seconds. Following the attack on the second man, the bear fled into the bushes. One cub was seen with the sow.
Both men were able to apply basic first aid to each other and then quickly made their way down the mountain. The men arrived at the Elk Valley Hospital in Fernie where they were treated for their injuries. Authorities were notified at this time.
Sergeant Joe Caravetta from COS confirmed that currently there are five officers in the area investigating this incident with the aid of a helicopter and one of the injured men to locate the attack area.
“We have officers on site at the attack area just now conducting our investigation. We still need to confirm that it was a grizzly bear.”
Caravetta continued, “The incident did not happen in the Fairy Creek/ Mt. Proctor Recreation trail area but for public safety, we have closed that area. We ask that people stay out of that area until we have finished our investigation.”
Caravetta added, “We don’t know why the attack happened yet. We don’t want to jump to any conclusions so we are investigating.”
Both men were taken down to the ground during the attack and suffered non-life threatening injuries to their arms, legs and upper body.
英文 详细
Alaska Man Fights Off Brown Bear That Charged At His Family While They Were Birdwatching
A 48-year-old Alaska man says he successfully fought off an aggressive brown bear using only his bare hands and a single piece of birdwatching equipment, according to multiple reports.
Biologist Toby Burke was walking on the Kenai peninsula in southern Alaska with his wife and three children when his 11-year-old daughter noticed a bear approaching them from behind, according to a local report in the Peninsula Clarion newspaper. When the bear broke into a run at the family, Burke's wife and kids got behind him.
Burke lodged his birdwatching telescope in the bear's mouth, but the bear snapped it in two, so Burke used the sharp end to stab the bear in the face, he told the Clarion. When the bear knocked the broken scope from his hands, Burke held up his arm in defense, the paper notes.
When the bear clamped its jaws on Burke's left arm, he punched it in the face with his other hand. The bear retaliated by hitting Burke in the ribcage before giving up and walking away, the Clarion wrote.
“I definitely felt a crushing sensation when it clamped down on my arm,” Burke told ABC about the fight with the bear. “Fortunately, because I had heavy layers of clothing on, I’m basically just really bruised up.”
Although the brown bear is believed to have attacked a car and a telephone pole that same day, wildlife biologist Jeff Selinger told The Anchorage Daily News there's no clear reason for the animal's belligerent behavior.
In the rare instance a brown bear attacks a human, it usually does so because it feels threatened. Bear attacks in general are much more rare than many people think: As the Alaska Department of Fish and Game notes, a study found that 20 people died from bear attacks in Alaska during the first 85 years of last century. By comparison, in 10 years (1975-1985), 19 people were killed by dogs in Alaska.