Animal Attacks

The craziest animal attacks stories from all across the world.

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A black rhino stands in the brush in South Africa.
Animal Attacks

An Anti-Poaching Ranger Was Gored to Death by the Animal He Lived to Protect

By Dac Collins

SGT Zachariah Clark, the only medic on scene, credits training, teamwork, and quick action for saving lives after a bear attack during a land navigation exercise
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‘They Might Be Dying. I Need to Get to Them.’ An Off-Duty Combat Medic Responded to Alaska Bear Attack

By Kris Millgate

A bear in the bushes
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2 Soldiers Were Attacked by a Bear in Alaska. Bear Spray ‘May Have Saved Their Lives’

By Natalie Krebs

An illustration of a man hiking across a tree which has a bear on it.
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‘Better a Live Coward Than a Dead Hero.’ My Lifetime of Grizzly Bear Encounters

By Jack Turner

A woman runs from a family of black bears in an illustration
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I Raised 3 Kids Alone in the Wilderness. Surviving Bear and Moose Attacks Was (Almost) Routine

By Olive A. Fredrickson

A sketchy illustration of a snake catcher
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I Quit Fishing for the Addictive Thrill of Hunting Rattlesnakes — and Got Bit

By Dr. C. E. Kuschel

magazine pages showing cougar attacking hunter
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The Night I Treed Four Cougars, and Nearly Died Chasing Them

By E. Boyd Hilderbrand, as told to Ken Crandall

A color illustration of a wolf attacking a grizzly over a caribou carcass.
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I Spent 40 Years Living with Wolves. They Still Manage to Surprise Me

as told to Jim Rearden, By Frank Glaser

A wolf looks at the camera in eastern Europe.
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A Wolf Attacked a Woman in Germany Just Weeks After Politicians Push to Legalize Wolf Hunting There

By Dac Collins

A collection of sketches of men and rattlesnakes.
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I Watched a Giant Rattlesnake Kill a Man

By Archibald Rutledge

An illustration of a man-eating black bear facing off with a group of armed rescuers.
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The Last Time I Saw My Friend Alive, He Told Me About the Black Bears Getting into His Garbage

By M.U. Bates

A color illustration of campers fighting off bears.
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Two Problem Bears Terrorized Us for a Week in the Wilderness. We Fought Back with Torches and Cherry Bombs

By Doris DeCleene

An illustration of a wolf attacking a man in the snow
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I Was Asked to Investigate a Wolf Attack. Here’s What I Found

By Frank Glaser, as told to Jim Rearden

A hunter in a cowboy hat with a revolver is charged by a mountain lion leaping out of a tree
Animal Attacks

I Spent a Decade Chasing the Deadliest Livestock Killer in Utah’s History

By Frank Miniter

A mountain lion walks in the snow.
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Officials Confirm a Mountain Lion Killed the Colorado Hiker Found Dead on New Year’s Day

By Dac Collins

A bear on a road.
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After a Single Bear Attacked a Group of Schoolchildren on a Hike, B.C. Urged to Reopen Grizzly Hunts

By Kris Millgate

A moose hunter falls backward as a black bear charges
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My Guide Left Me Alone, and I Was Mauled by a Black Bear

By William D. Brown

An illustration of a bear biting the hand of a West Virginia houndsman.
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A Black Bear Tried to Kill My Dogs. Then It Turned on Me

By John McCoy

A sow grizzly stands on her hind legs.
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Another Hunter Was Just Mauled by a Grizzly, This Time in Alberta

By Natalie Krebs

A painting of two bears attacking a guy.
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They Tell You to Play Dead When a Brown Bear Attacks. I Found Out If It Really Works

By Rollin Braden, as told to Marguerite Reiss