There were about 30 people on a Jackson Hole Mountain Resort enclosed tram Monday when a can of bear spray went off. A woman ...

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Concerned about hikers' and campers' persistent doubts that a small can of liquid pepper spray could stop half a ton of claws, muscle and teeth, biologists analyzed 20 years of bear pepper spray ...

After the small bear ran away from him, a larger one charged in his direction before he got the opportunity to spray. While he was facedown on the ground, he tried to play dead.

Concerned about hikers' and campers' persistent doubts that a small can of liquid pepper spray could stop half a ton of claws, muscle and teeth, BYU bear biologist Thomas S. Smith and colleagues ...

Bear spray should have a minimum net content of 7.9 ounces. Bigger cans are even better. The spray should leave the can in an expanding cloud and go out to at least 30 feet. Chuck Bartlebaugh of ...

The unidentified victim told investigators a small bear he came across ran away, but the larger bear, which he saw at the last second, was on him before he could discharge his spray repellent.

Bear spray is regulated as a pesticide by the EPA. Self-defense sprays aren't regulated. Misrepresenting a self-defense product as bear spray violates federal pesticide laws, which could bring ...

Bear spray was developed in the 1980s after a spate of fatal bear attacks against ... regulate the sale of capsaicin-based sprays, permitting it to be sold only in small quantities. Matt ...

They found that bear spray was more effective than handguns or long guns in deterring attacks. ... Even if you’re not a big fan of grizzlies, their preventable deaths are no small matter.

Some Alaska guides carry bear spray, guns and small air horns. Sound Grenade, a hand-size portable alarm by Robocopp, emits a 130-decibel alarm by pulling a ring.

There is an annual rite that has to end. The rash of deadly incidents in recent weeks involving grizzly bear-human encounters are instructive as to why you need to carry ...