Japan has More Fatal Bear Attacks than the United States

AmmoLand ^ | November 15, 2023 | Dean Weingarten

[marktwain]

I was amazed to find Japan has more fatal bear attacks than does the United States. Japan has few bears and fewer people, but the people are almost completely unarmed.

The attacks started ramping up as the bear populations were more and more protected.

From 2007 to present, inclusive, 37 people killed by bears in Japan vs 33 people killed by bears in the United States.

[Alas Babylon!]

What about Canada?

[NautiNurse]

This supports the Briben administration introducing grizzlies into NW US. /s

[Fireone]

Nothing some common sense bear laws, registration, red flag, assault bear bans, etc. wouldn’t solve.
Oh, wait! None of these solve anything. Nevermind.

[Sirius Lee]

Five people have been killed in attacks by bears so far in fiscal 2023

Got to pump those numbers up or else they won't get as much funding next year.

[Alberta's Child]

It’s not just that Japanese people are unarmed. They also tend to be clueless when it comes to interacting with wildlife.

Go to a U.S. or Canadian national park and watch the visitors who go out and try to take photos next to an elk or Buffalo in the wild. A disproportionate number of those nitwits are Asian tourists.

[marktwain]

What about Canada?

Canada will have to be another article.

They have a fair number of fatal bear attacks. It appears they have more fatal black bear and polar bear attacks than the USA.

[marktwain]

It’s not just that Japanese people are unarmed. They also tend to be clueless when it comes to interacting with wildlife.

There are many variables. With many independent variables, it is difficult to know exactly what is causing what.

However, we know both the USA and Japan started protecting the bears much more.

The bear populations grew significantly in both countries.

Fatal attacks by bears on people grew significantly in both countries.

[nesnah]

Tastes like sushi?

[Deaf Smith]

Are tree hugging Japs more likely to go out of their way to try to pet a bear?

[whitney69]

“It’s not just that Japanese people are unarmed. They also tend to be clueless when it comes to interacting with wildlife.”

A lot of it comes from respect by the bears. They have learned that people shoot guns and are a threat so they will retreat many times if confronted. And even Chuck Norris knows a roundhouse kick is not real effective against a 600 pound black bear.

wy69

[lowbridge]

And they don’t even have the right to arm bears out there.

[lowbridge]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QYn1chaCqp8

[BBB333]

Add moose to the list!

In the 80’s in YNP a French photographer gave his camera to another tourist to ‘take a photo of him next to a moose.’

The photo was of the moose removing the French photographers head and tossing it 30 feet or so.

A man was attacked by a moose a few summers ago not too far from my home — he was walking over to his dog when a moose trampled him causing him to need over 150 stitches (all to his face and scalp).

[Telepathic Intruder]

Can they carry guns in Japan?

[Big Red Badger]

Moose?
My sister was bit by a Moose,
Very Painful.

[Theoria]

Most famous example back in the day.

Sankebetsu brown bear incident

[enumerated]

It’s because they keep trying to karate chop the bears.

[BBB333]

That poor moose!

[unread]

That’s funny stuff.. :) It’s been around for a long time..