Animal Attacks and Dangers

Most folks that follow animal attacks, have heard the news, a bison rammed a man into a fence in the area of Syracuse, Utah on Thursday during daytime hours.  Antelope Island State Park is an island in the Great Salt lake.  Pictures of the event are abundant.

Why are we bothering to include the story in this blog?

Two main reasons.

The first is the commitment to blogging animal attacks, which comes with it, a date, time, and sequence respective to other animal attacks.  This might be helpful in analyzing animal behavior, which might help prevent future animal attacks.

The second reason, is to comment on what might be sensed or possibly foreshadowed, of a 'sense of frustration' among certain animals in the U.S., and elsewhere.  In this case, animal endangerment matters of the bison, along with the animal's history in the U.S., has put the bison through a lot of turbulence.

Although the animal is animal, it still has a brain, and thoughts.  Birds fly to warmer climates when bitter cold sets in.  Over hundreds of years, some might say thousands, the bison has witnessed and undergone many things.

The reputation as a noble animal.

Why did the animal not rip into the man?  The sense of some of these attributes, they might feel.

At the same time, when you look to see how many bison have been attacked over the centuries, it is logical, that when remotely justified, unleashing 'emotions', might occur.

So, be forewarned, just like bears that attacked humans in parks in the past few years, bison may do the same, even if what is reacted to is perceived by the bison as latent, or sees something that signals the animal to be pushed to the other side.