Self Defense And Home Security For Bear Attacks
In June of 2007 in Utah there was fatal bear attack. It was the state’s first. An eleven year-old, Samuel Ives, was killed by a black bear that yanked him out of a tent outside of Timpooneke Campground in American Fork Canyon northeast of Provo Utah.
While these fatal attacks are uncommon, bear attacks are getting more common as the population slowly encroaches into bear territory.
Almost on a weekly basis we hear or see reports of bear encounters in urban areas near mountainous terrain. Near where I navigate Santa Fe, Albuquerque, Colorado Springs et al areas they have become so commonplace they are not even newsworthy.