Bear attack a unique fatality in Finland

• 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

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).