Wildlife Preservation

© Dawn M. Smith

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black bear attacks

  1. wildlifelaw

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1.   Sep 19, 2007 6:35 PM

» wildlifelaw - Death by dog attack accuracy?


Ms. Smith,

In your March 19, 2007 article titled "Black Bear Attacks not so Common, you state, "on the average, 45 people a year are killed by dogs in the United States alone."
Do you recall where this statistic came from? From my research, that seems FAR to high (see http://www.dogexpert.com/FatalDogAttacks... ). I think you will find the actual number about one half of what you report.

It might also be considered relevant that dogs outnumber black bears by over 100 to 1...

Brad Neff
Attorney at Law

-- posted by wildlifelaw


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