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Alaska baffled by increase in bear attacks


Still Waters

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Wildlife officials in Alaska say they are unsure what's causing an increase in bear attacks in their state.

In the last week, four people have been attacked, including two deadly encounters on back-to-back days last weekend. There have only been six fatal bear attacks in Alaska in the last 130 years.

Last week, one trail was shut down, and many hikers are steering clear just as summer tourist season arrives, reports CBS News correspondent Jeff Glor.

A big race scheduled for July has already been cancelled.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/increase-bear-attacks-alaska/

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54 minutes ago, Still Waters said:

Wildlife officials in Alaska say they are unsure what's causing an increase in bear attacks in their state.

In the last week, four people have been attacked, including two deadly encounters on back-to-back days last weekend. There have only been six fatal bear attacks in Alaska in the last 130 years.

Last week, one trail was shut down, and many hikers are steering clear just as summer tourist season arrives, reports CBS News correspondent Jeff Glor.

A big race scheduled for July has already been cancelled.

 

I thought "6" seemed low, so I did a quick search.    It seems like there has been more than that in the past 15 years, much less 130.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_bear_attacks_in_North_America

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10 hours ago, Likely Guy said:

It seems that an increase of fatal bear attacks follows an increase in the number of stupid people.

'Unbelievable': Banff visitor walks right up to grizzly in apparent bid for closeup photo

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/banff-bear-grizzly-photo-close-up-danger-1.4178541

They don't seem to understand that no one has told wild animals humans are sacrosanct and not on the menu. Even the cutest and most innocuous herbivore of size is more than capable of injuring or killing them.

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