With black bear populations rising, run-ins have become almost commonplace — more than 15,000 in the past year in states east of the Mississippi River...
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....
14 people have been killed in attacks by black bears in North America since 2000...another 10 people were killed by grizzlies during the period, mostly in Alaska and Canada. [More]Or, as "astoundingly flawed" Paul Helmke
14 people have been killed in attacks by black bears in North America since 2000...another 10 people were killed by grizzlies during the period, mostly in Alaska and Canada. [More]Or, as "astoundingly flawed" Paul Helmke tell us:
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Concealed weapons have no place in our national parks, which have always been safe places to enjoy our nation’s magnificent natural and historical treasures...It's no country for ignorant men, either.
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