Romanian killer bear had rabies (from ATSNN)

A bear killed 2 and seriously injured six others. Now they�ve found that the bear had rabies. More than 100 people are being vaccinated and authorities have declared a rabies alert. An ambulance which was sent to the scene was also attacked.



One man died at the scene, the other died later. Since they now know that the bear had rabies, more of the injured can die and others can have been infected.

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Bear with rabies kills two, injures six others - UPDATE

[edit on 2004/10/19 by Hellmutt]

The strange thing is:
Yesterday, a 40 year old man (Johan Westerlund) was killed by a bear in northern Sweden.
It was the first time in 102 years that someone get killed in Sweden by a bear.

Originally posted by Hellmutt
... It was the first time in 102 years that someone get killed in Sweden by a bear.

Welcome to club.
Bear killed one man about 30 km south from here little under ten years ago.

HMMM. Reports from the US earlier this year indicated that a new rabies mutation was transmissible without direct contact. Besides the transplant fiasco, a man in the South got rabies without any animal contact. The carrier was assumed to be a raccoon in the general vicinity.