[pct-l] Bear danger on the PCT - put in perspective

[abiegen at cox.net]

Just to put the danger from bears in perspective:

      You are 120 times more likely to die of a bee sting than a black bear attack 

      You are 45 times more likely to die from a dog attack than a black bear attack 

      1 person out of 16,000 commits murder but only 1 black bear out of one million does.  So people are much more dangerous than bears!   Fear people and respect bears.

     There are about 750,000 black bears in North America and on average there is less than one black bear killing per year.

      For each person killed by a black bear attack there are 13 people killed by snakes, 17 by spiders, 45 by dogs, 120 by bees, 150 by tornadoes, 374 by lightning, and 60,000 by humans.

Thanks to Grizzly Bay at www.grizzlybay.org

The above information from http://www.grizzlybay.org/LearnMore/DoGrizzlyBearsEatPeople.htm

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