Like Cobere said, I'd be more afraid of a cougar (the real kind) more than any other animal. Last year I lived on Vancouver Island and that's like the cougar attack capital of the world. Survival rate against them is fairly high for grown men if they fight back and not run like he said. Once it knows you're not going to be an easy target they'll generally leave you alone as the cougars that attack people tend to be weaker/injured/younger. The two problems with them are if they do have it set in their head they want to attack you they will and not stop until you beat it down in defeat somehow, and that they're sneaker fuckers and will generally attack you from behind or something after quietly stalking you for a while.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lukie
The good thing about wild animal attacks though is they're all so rare. Cougars try to live way out of man's range, bears for the most part do too and aren't very aggressive. And I don't see why you're particularly worried of dog attacks?
But your size is pretty much the best prevention method you have going for you so far since if an animal is going to see a human as prey it's generally going to be smaller people like children. Plus have a workout partner, safety in numbers ldo. And pepper spray would be your most effective weapon of choice.
