"Cyli" wrote in message
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The odds you'll get mauled are better / worse in a campground where
there's a resident garbage bear than they are out in the woods.
That's even for the wary who know bear rules.
Cyli

Not according to these folks.

"Offensive attacks include all the killings by black bears. These are
generally unprovoked, predatory attacks. Most victims were eaten. Offensive,
predatory attacks have almost always been in remote areas where the bears
had little or no previous contact with people. Black bears that raid
campgrounds or garbage cans are almost never involved. The rarity of the
killings goes along with the non-confrontational, timid disposition that's
been bred into black bears. But why approximately one black bear in 600,000
becomes a killer is a mystery. None of the killers had rabies. Some had
common physical problems. There is no consistent explanation."
(http://www.bear.org/Black/Articles/H...ack_Bears.html)

Mark