Animal Encounters: Navigating the Wild Safely
Nature’s vast expanses are as captivating as they are unpredictable, especially when it comes to encounters with its wild inhabitants. Within our “Animal Safety” blog category, we delve deep into ensuring harmonious interactions with some of nature’s most magnificent creatures. Starting with Bear Safety, we guide you on preventing unexpected confrontations with these majestic giants, and should you find yourself face-to-face, how to react to both black and grizzly bears.
Moving on to our domestic companions, Dog Safety sheds light on understanding canine body language, preventing bites, and ensuring both human and canine feel secure during encounters. Venturing further into the wilderness, our comprehensive guide on Protection Against Other Wild Animals covers a broad spectrum – from the elusive mountain lions and swift coyotes to the misunderstood snakes and even curious raccoons.
Each segment equips readers with knowledge, preventive measures, and response strategies, ensuring that your adventures into the wild are both safe and memorable. Stay tuned and informed, as respecting and understanding our animal counterparts is the key to coexisting peacefully.
On Monday morning, August 28, 2023, a rabid coyote attacked a woman while walking her dog in Fall River, Massachusetts. The woman was bitten on both legs and her left arm, but she was able to scare away the coyote after screaming at it. She was taken to Rhode Island Hospital for treatment. The coyote […]
Two college wrestlers from Northwest College in Powell, Wyoming, survived a grizzly bear attack by fighting back. When the bear ambushed, Kendall Cummings and Brady Lowry were searching for fallen antlers in the Shoshone National Forest. The bear pounced on Lowry first, but Cummings was able to pull the bear off him and fight back […]
Talk about a scene from a horror movie. Peggy Jones, a 64-year-old woman from Silsbee, Texas, was attacked by a snake and a hawk while mowing her lawn on July 25. Jones was on her tractor when a snake suddenly fell out of the sky and landed on her. The snake wrapped itself around her […]
The debate between bullets and bear spray as a means of protection is intriguing. At face value, the answer seems obvious. Guns are designed to inflict harm and kill, while pepper spray offers a non-lethal form of self-defense. However, the decision regarding an encounter with a bear requires some more examination. Self-defense against grizzly bears […]
When otters attack! Whenever I hear otter, I think of Pip and Pop, the cute, purple puppet otters who appeared on the children’s television show Bear in the Big Blue House in the late 90s. They are best friends and love playing together but always get into mischief. I don’t believe they would ever think […]
Stream, fogger, gel… you can get pepper spray in many varieties. You can get 1/2 ounce keychains, 2, 4, 9, and 16 oz. canisters, pepper spray jogging models, police models, and even a Mace pepper gun. All of our pepper spray and Mace products are specially formulated for self-defense use as an inflammatory agent against […]
The Postman’s Motto “Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds” appears on the main New York City Post Office. But turkeys. Turkeys, however… A letter carrier was attacked by turkeys in Richfield, Minnesota on Thursday, June 22, 2023. The attack happened […]
I have only had BlackBeltDefender.com running for a few months now. But several years back I had another similar site with a different name. I always monitor Google’s SEO analytics to see what keyword phrases get me search engine hits. One of my favorite unusual phrases that showed a Google visitor to my old webpage […]
A while back I was asked if pepper spray was effective against a goose. I may have to resurrect that blog post. But the quick answer is, yes for a goose, but no, pepper spray is not recommended for use to defend yourself against a shark in the ocean. Pepper spray has been known to […]
A 66-year-old man was killed by a bear in a “highly uncommon (in Arizona),” unprovoked attack on Friday, June 16, 2023. Steven Jackson, of Tucson, was sitting in a chair outside of his campsite drinking coffee in the Groom Creek area near Prescott when a bear attacked him, according to the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office. […]
