Bear Attack

Mom Saves Family Dog From Bear

Posted 05.08.2012

Lilly the golden retriever was in dire straits last Wednesday night when a mother bear attacked her outside the pooch's home in Northampton, Mass. ...

Andy Campbell

Is The Bear Saved Man From Mountain Lion Story A Hoax?

HuffingtonPost.com | Andy Campbell | Posted 04.04.2012

California wildlife officials produced some scathing lab results while investigating a man's incredible story that a black bear saved him from a mount...

Andy Campbell

AWESOME: Man Says Bear Saved Him From Mountain Lion Attack

HuffingtonPost.com | Andy Campbell | Posted 03.29.2012

When Robert Biggs finished gazing at a cute, cuddly family of black bears and turned to continue on his day-hike in northern California on Monday, he ...

Butt-Biting Bear Attacks Florida Woman

Posted 03.19.2012

A 300-pound black bear bit a woman in the butt Friday morning while she was walking her dog. Luckily, Terri Gurley of Florida lived to grin and bar...

The Sure-Fire Way To Lose A Bear Fight

AP | BY PAUL FOY | Posted 05.14.2012

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — While bringing a gun to a bear fight may seem like a solid way to win, experts say the gun largely provides a false sense of s...

Yellowstone Bear Attack Remains A Mystery

AP | MATT VOLZ | Posted 05.05.2012

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — An investigation into the second of two fatal grizzly bear attacks last summer at Yellowstone National Park was unable to concl...

WATCH: Grizzly Bear Charges As Alaska Tourists Stay Still

The Huffington Post | Tara Kelly | Posted 02.29.2012

A hungry grizzly bear gave a group of tourists camping in Alaska's Katmai National Park quite a fright last February. Filmed by camper Larry Griffi...

WATCH: Woman Survives Bear Attack After Saving Her Dog

Posted 01.12.2012

About two months after an Alaska woman punched a bear in the face to save her dog, a Pennsylvania woman has a similar story to tell. Suzan Merritt...

Bear Attacks Wyoming Hunter

AP | Posted 12.31.2011

MOOSE, Wyo. — A grizzly bear has attacked another person in the Yellowstone region, this time a Wyoming hunter who said the animal came at him w...

Bear Attacks Couple Inside Home

AP | Posted 12.03.2011

NEWPORT, Pa. — A married couple was injured early Monday when a bear followed the family dog into their rural central Pennsylvania home and went...

Dangerously Close Bear Encounter

David Mizejewski | Posted 11.22.2011

David Mizejewski

Two Virginia men got the surprise of their lives recently when they headed out to a local pond to do some fishing. An unexpected visitor showed up, and they caught the entire encounter on video.

Woman On Horse Scares Off Bear

Posted 11.22.2011

Earlier this summer, a young woman in Montana faced off with a bear ... and won ... while riding a horse. Erin Bolster, of Swan Mountain Outfitter...

Hunter Shoots Young Grizzly Bear, Animal Attacks And Kills Partner

AP | KEITH RIDLER | Posted 11.17.2011

A 39-year-old hunter killed by a wounded grizzly bear yelled out to draw the 400-pound male bear toward him in an effort to keep it from attacking his...

David Lohr

Mother Hears Daughter's Final Agony As She Is Eaten Alive By Bears

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 10.18.2011

A Russian mother listened helplessly on a cellphone to her teenage daughter crying for help earlier this week as she was eaten alive by bears. The ...

Grizzly Bear Mauls Hiker In Glacier National Park

AP | Posted 10.06.2011

WEST GLACIER, Mont. -- Glacier National Park says a grizzly bear mauled a 50-year-old hiker but the man was able to walk for help. Spokeswoman Denise...

Former U.S. Ski Team Member Fights Black Bear

AP | Posted 10.01.2011

NEW YORK (AP) -- Former U.S. Ski Team member Ani Haas says she feels fortunate to have suffered just scratches to her left arm and chest when she enco...

Teens Mauled By Grizzly Bear In Alaska

AP | RACHEL D'ORO | Posted 09.24.2011

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The teenage outdoor education students, having progressed to the point of being on their own in the vast Alaska wilderness, ...

Park Rangers Defend Grizzly Bear Attack: Just Protecting Cubs

AP | MATT VOLZ | Posted 09.07.2011

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. — Word spread quickly through Yellowstone National Park about a fatal grizzly bear mauling – the park's fi...

So You're About to Be Attacked by a Bear

Dave Hill | Posted 06.06.2011

Dave Hill

Trying to avoid bear attacks is futile. To walk around acting like you probably won't be attacked by a bear in the very near future is pretty much the craziest thing I have heard in a seriously long time.

It's Wild to Allow Dangerous Exotic Animals as Pets

Wayne Pacelle | Posted 05.25.2011

Wayne Pacelle

I wish every lawmaker and statewide official in Ohio could have attended the press conference we conducted yesterday at the Statehouse in Columbus. Th...

Colorado Division

The Durango Herald | By Patrick Young | Posted 05.25.2011

The Colorado Division of Wildlife killed a bear early Saturday morning after it bit a man near the Manna Soup Kitchen, 1100 Avenida del Sol in Durango...

A Mother's Plea: Ban Private Ownership of Exotic Animals

Wayne Pacelle | Posted 05.25.2011

Wayne Pacelle

No one can bring back Deirdre Herbert's son, but the state of Ohio, led by Gov. Strickland, can impose sensible public safety and animal welfare policies to prevent a tragedy like this from happening again.

Bear Killed In Bailey After Attacking Colorado Man In Home

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

BAILEY, Colo. — A 51-year-old man is out of the hospital after being attacked by a bear in his home in the mountains west of Denver. State wild...

Jim Cole Dead: Author Who Survived TWO Grizzly Bear Attacks Dies Of Natural Causes

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

BOZEMAN, Mont. — A Montana man who recently published a book about surviving two attacks by grizzly bears has died of natural causes. Jim Cole w...

Mama Grizzly And 2 Cubs Caught Following Yellowstone Attack

Posted 05.25.2011

The bears that attacked and killed a man and injured two others at a campground in Yellowstone National Park have been captured, according to the Asso...