Fatal brown bear (Ursus arctos) attack -: Case report and literature review

被引:16
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作者
Vougiouklakis, Theodore [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Ioannina, Sch Med, Dept Forens Med & Toxicol, GR-45110 Ioannina, Greece
关键词
bear; injuries; fatality; animals; attack;
D O I
10.1097/01.paf.0000220930.00053.43
中图分类号
DF [法律]; D9 [法律]; R [医药、卫生];
学科分类号
0301 ; 10 ;
摘要
Bear incidents are widely publicized, though serious incidents rarely occur. We describe here a case of human death caused by brown bear (Ursus arctos) feet. The brown bear is the biggest carnivore of Greece, reaching up to 200-300 kg weight. This is the first documented fatality involving a brown bear in Greece in which the victim died as a direct traumatic result of the attack.
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