Bear attack--A unique fatality in Finland.
Fatalities 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).
De Giorgio
Fabio
F
State Provincial Office of Southern Finland, Helsinki, Finland. fdegiorgio@tiscalinet.it
Rainio
Juha
J
Pascali
Vincenzo
V
Lalu
Kaisa
K
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001344:Autopsy; D001733:Bites and Stings; D004618:Embolism, Air / Q000209:etiology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005387:Finland; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001503:Ursidae; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000150:complications*