Bear attack a unique fatality in Finland

lities due to animal bites, the vast majority of which are associated with dogs and big cats, are relatively uncommon and rarely described in the literature. Especially rare are fatal bear attacks on humans. We herein present a forensic investigation of a fatal assault, involving numerous bites on a...

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Main Authors: De Giorgio, Fabio (orcid:0000-0002-9447-9707), Rainio, Juha Kaleva, Pascali, Vincenzo Lorenzo (orcid:0000-0001-6520-5224), Lalu, Kaisa
Other Authors: De Giorgio, Fabio, Pascali, Vincenzo Lorenzo
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2007
Subjects:
bear
forensic autopsy
Settore MED/43 - MEDICINA LEGALE
Ursus arctos
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10807/10920
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Summary:lities due to animal bites, the vast majority of which are associated with dogs and big cats, are relatively uncommon and rarely described in the literature. Especially rare are fatal bear attacks on humans. We herein present a forensic investigation of a fatal assault, involving numerous bites on a 42-year-old man in Finland by an European brown bear (Ursus arctos arctos).

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