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Sloth bear attacks: regional differences and safety messaging [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2022 Sloth bears behave aggressively toward humans when threatened and are among the most dangerous wildlife in India. Safety messaging for those who live in sloth bear country must be accurate to be effective, and messaging may need to be modified to account
Thomas R. Sharp +3 more
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Brown bear attacks on humans: a worldwide perspective [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2019 AbstractThe increasing trend of large carnivore attacks on humans not only raises human safety concerns but may also undermine large carnivore conservation efforts. Although rare, attacks by brown bears Ursus arctos are also on the rise and, although several studies have addressed this issue at local scales, information is lacking on a worldwide scale.
Eloy Revilla +2 more
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A review of 48 patients after bear attacks in Central India: Demographics, management and outcomes
Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery, 2015 Introduction: Bear attacks though relatively rare are frequent enough to be of concern for those who are in bear habitats. Our centre at Nagpur, being surrounded by dense forests from all the sides, treats a large number of victims.
Surendra B Patil, Satish M Kale
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Polar bear attacks on humans: Implications of a changing climate
Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2017 Understanding causes of polar bear (Ursus maritimus) attacks on humans is critical to ensuring both human safety and polar bear conservation. Although considerable attention has been focused on understanding black (U. americanus) and grizzly (U.
Dag Vongraven, Todd Atwood
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Brown bear and Persian leopard attacks on humans in Iran.
PLoS ONE, 2021 Large carnivore attacks on humans are a serious form of human-wildlife interaction which has increased globally in recent decades. When attacks occur, both humans and large carnivores suffer, highlighting the need to characterize these conflicts toward ...
Jamshid Parchizadeh, Jerrold L Belant
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Grievous Temporal and Occipital Injury Caused by a Bear Attack [PDF]
Case Reports in Otolaryngology, 2013 Bear attacks are reported from nearly every part of the world. The chance of a human encountering a bear increases as the remote bear territory diminishes.
Sampath Chandra Prasad +4 more
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Human–bear conflict in Alaska: 1880–2015
Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2018 We present an analysis of human–bear (Ursus spp.) conflicts that occurred in Alaska, USA, from 1880 to 2015. We collected 682 human–bear conflicts, consisting of 61,226 data entries, from various sources available to us.
Tom Smith
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A Case Series of Bear Attacks from a Tertiary Center in South India [PDF]
Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive SurgeryThree patients with severe facial injuries and with history of attack by a single bear were simultaneously admitted to our hospital. With the rapid industrialization and overpopulation of India, there is an increased pressure on the available land ...
Choundappan Madhavan
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Vascular injuries after bear attacks: Incidence, surgical challenges and outcome
Journal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock, 2011 Background : Bear mauling is rarely reported in medical literature due to its rare occurrence. Present study was undertaken to describe the pattern and management of bear maul vascular injuries in Kashmir.
Wani Mohd +9 more
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A Bear of a Case: Multidisciplinary Reconstruction Following a Grizzly Bear Mauling [PDF]
Clinical Case ReportsGrizzly bear attacks are rare but often result in devastating craniofacial injuries requiring staged, multidisciplinary reconstruction. A 61‐year‐old male sustained extensive facial trauma, including complete lower lip avulsion and anterior mandibular ...
Jacob Beiriger +5 more
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