title: Bear-inflicted injuries - a report from Nepal.
abstract: Upper Mustang in the Northern Himalayan range of Nepal is the home of brown bears (Ursusarctos). Low-plant biomass as a result of scanty rainfall in Upper Mustang is a reason for habitat overlap of humans and wild animals. Humans who enter into the wild to collect firewood and graze cattle are liable to wild animal attacks. Such attacks, especially by brown bears, are readily identified by the type of injuries. These are more commonly confined to head and neck regions. Cutting, gnawing and tearing by sharp teeth and claws produces specific pattern of injuries, which are devastating but seldom fatal. This article reports a rare case of brown bear injury inflicted upon a man from the Upper Mustang region in Nepal.
authors: Department of Forensic Medicine, Manipal Teaching Hospital, Pokhara, Nepal.
authors: Alok
authors: A
authors: Atreya
authors: Department of Forensic Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore (A Constituent Institute of Manipal University), India tanujkanchan@yahoo.co.in tanuj.kanchan@manipal.edu.
authors: Tanuj
authors: T
authors: Kanchan
authors: Department of Community Medicine, Manipal Teaching Hospital, Pokhara, Nepal.
authors: Samata
authors: S
authors: Nepal
authors: Department of Forensic Medicine, Kathmandu Medical College, Kathmandu, Nepal.
authors: Jenash
authors: J
authors: Acharya
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D005151:Facial Injuries / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D022125:Lacerations / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D009390:Nepal; D001503:Ursidae
keywords: Bear attack; Nepal; Upper Mustang; face; injury