Attacking a bear on a person: who is to blame and what to do?

Bears are almost the largest predators of Russia. In the Urals there are specimens, the weight of which exceeds half a ton. It's terrible to think that hunting for a bear with your bare hands was one of the fun of our ancestors. Bears are non-aggressive creatures (with some exceptions). Despite the fact that in the press today, headlines such as "The next attack of a bear on a man" are increasingly appearing, there are few animal woes. A healthy, full-bodied animal, on whose territory people do not invade, attacks rarely.

Why do they attack?

Every bear attack on a person has good reasons.

• Violation of "belonging" to the bear territory. The brown giants do not like it when outsiders appear in their habitats. Having smelled a man, they will try to drive him out as they can: with the help of fangs and claws. Such a bear attack on a man occurred in the Khanty-Mansiysk Okrug. Here, the owner of the taiga picked up a local resident, who went after berries. If in the habitats of bears forest development begins, settlements are built or economic activities are conducted, one must be prepared for the fact that the bear's attack on a person will take place: the slobber will try to regain its possessions.
• Threat to the cubs. Mother-bear always protects her offspring. That's why you should not flirt with the cubs: animals do not understand human games.
• Hunger. Journalists talk about how animals attack people right in the townships. Most often, if the cases occur in the winter, it is about connecting rods. So they call bears, who, not having typed the necessary amount of fat for the winter, do not sleep in a den, but are looking for food. They are attracted by the delicious smells of the villages. Such a bear attack on a man was recorded in Severodvinsk, at one of the shipyards. A starving predator was not frightened by the smells of industrialization, nor by the enormous distance (from Severodvinsk to the taiga hundreds of kilometers away). The attack of a bear on a man (photo - in the article) was repeated many times in the Sakhalin region, in the Urals, in Bashkortostan. Even in Prykarpattia there were such cases.
• The attack of a polar bear per person has the same reasons: protection of the territory, famine.

What to do?

• Clearly aware that for all its seeming "sympathy" bears - predators and behave accordingly. This is not aggression, it is their nature. This should not be forgotten.
• Keep clean. In villages, the clubfoot often appear in search of food. Therefore, it is necessary to get rid of food waste in time: this can reduce the risk of the owner of the taiga next to the apartment buildings. Of course, if they do not smell the cooking food.
• Going to the forest, try to behave so that the meeting with Potapich did not come as a surprise. Look around, sing, say: give signals about your presence.
• If the meeting took place, do not run, behave predictably: speak (quietly) or pretend to be dead. Bears are curious: they can come up, sniff, touch their paws. Without seeing the threats, the bear, maybe, will leave.
• Remember: if a bear decides to eat you, he will do it, regardless of your desire and behavior.