How People Should Respond When Encountering a Large Carnivore: Opinions of Wildlife Professionals

• Main Authors: Dylan E. Brown, Michael R. Conover
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Utah State University 2017
• Subjects: animal attacks; black bear; carnivores; grizzly bear; human–wildlife conflicts; mountain lion; predator attacks; wolf; scipo; envir; Bear Mountain; Canis lupus; gray wolf; Ursus arctos
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.26077/453w-ry54; https://doaj.org/article/f0b8e225678e46959d244b45edd0db65

We conducted telephone surveys of wildlife professionals who work with large carnivores to ask their opinions about how people should respond to avoid being injured when confronted by a black bear (Ursus americana), grizzly bear (Ursus arctos), mountain lion (Puma concolor), or gray wolf (Canis lupu...