Bear vs. Man: Recent Attacks and How to Avoid the Increasing Danger

The year 2000 saw a phenomenal increase in bear attacks on humans. Both black and grizzly bears across the continent attacked humans at an astonishing rate. Is this the result of continuing intrusion into wild habitats by humans, or are other invironmental or climatic factors at play? In Bear vs Man, writer-photographer Brad Garfield chronicles resent bear attacks through dramatic photographs and text, interviewing the victims who survived, and the search crews of those who didn't. Along with the attack stories, Garfield discusses the various reasons for the alarming increase in the attacks, instructs readers on new methods and equiptment that can protect people during an attack, and offers tips on how to behave traveling in bear country so as not to become a victim. Lastly, he compiles his knowledge of how to photograph bears in the wild while still remaining safe and causing no harm to these amazingly powerful animals.