ANIMAL ATTACKS
We all know that mankind has been hard at work destroying our planet, but nature is increasingly fighting back. Just a few examples:
Andreas Kieling, a German filmmaker well known for his animal documentaries, was attacked and severely injured by a brown bear while filming dippers and woodpeckers in Romania’s Carpathian Mountains early in May 2023. “I instinctively pulled up my tripod and rammed it into the bear’s mouth,” he said, “but by then I was already on the ground with the bear above me. I will never forget it. It was extremely painful – he scalped me.” Kieling was able to save his scalp, which was later sewn back on by a surgeon. Kieling also suffered wounds to his arms and face. However, he does not blame the bear, although he says he does not know why it attacked. “There are a thousand possibilities. Maybe it was a female bear with cubs. The mating season has started; the males’ hormones are surging.” swr3.de, 16 May 2023.
The number of dangerous bear encounters rose this summer. In
