Bear Attacks - A Quick Search

I was looking for a particular story, and not having any luck, so I changed to a more general search term. I was surprised at the number of stories. This is basically from one week, and I didn't record everything, because the incidents started repeating.

• British Columbia. Woman saves husband's life with bear spray during grizzly attack in wilderness

  Conservation officers determine bears acted defensively after being surprised on trail

• Anchorage Alaska. Man mauled by black bear while walking dog, marks 2nd attack in 1 week: Police

  The man deployed bear spray, but was still injured, authorities said.

• New Mexico. New Mexico man fatally shoots black bear that broke into his trailer home: ‘Came in, I f–king killed him’

  A man in New Mexico used a rifle he kept at the end of his bed to kill a black bear after he nearly slept through the predator’s break-in.

• North Carolina. Weaverville man sent to ER after bear encounter on front porch: Don't feed, officials say

  The home's residents told staff they regularly see the bear on the property, likely because they feed feral cats around the porch.

• Suburban Washington, D.C. Officials respond after 800-pound bear wanders into suburban neighborhood — here's what happened

  The bear in Herndon was ultimately tranquilized, but only after it climbed a second tree. It was then successfully relocated.

• Wisconsin. Woman fights for life after stunning wild animal attack outside home: 'They're usually afraid of people'

  A 69-year-old woman has been upgraded to stable condition after fighting for her life following a black bear attack outside her home in rural Wisconsin

• California. Bear trouble in Sierra Madre: After the Eaton fire, home invasions rise sharply

  Sierra Madre, Claremont, Monrovia and other communities nestled just below the San Gabriel Mountains are a hot spot for human-bear conflict reports.

As you can imagine, the reactions in different places are very different. In California the locals are wringing their hands waiting to be saved by Sacramento, but the budget was cut for wildlife management. Can't imagine what they are spending money on.

The story I was looking for turned out to be from May, which was why I couldn't find it. (One of my searches kept giving me a video by Florida Wildlife Commission officers, which made me think it was more recent than that.

That story is Black bear attacks, kills man and dog in Collier County, Florida. What we know

Florida Fish and Wildlife is investigating after a man and a dog died in a suspected black bear attack on May 5, 2025, just south of the Big Cypress Wildlife Management Area in Collier County.

At 7:07 a.m., the Collier County Sheriff's Office received a call regarding a potential bear mauling on State Road 29, between Naples and Everglades City.

Big Cypress Wildlife Management Area extends west roughly from about 20 miles from the western edge of Dade County and Broward County to about 55 miles west of those counties. It encompasses Big Cypress Swamp, which is just west of the Everglades, mostly. Alligator Alcatraz is on the south edge the Big Cypress Wildlife Management Area. (Alligator Alcatraz is housed at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport. It is probably about 2 miles from the Everglades proper.)