Fatalities after injuries by wild animals
Albrecht, K.; Breitmeier, D.; Fieguth, A.; Tröger, H.D.
Archiv für Kriminologie 212(3-4): 96-103
2003
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-9225 PMID: 14639812 Document Number: 554182
The article summarises three fatalities after attacks by wild animals. The first case describes a 90-year-old woman who died as a result of pneumonia after a bear fell on her and caused multiple chest fractures. The second case deals with a 76-year-old woman who was hit in the middle face by the hoof of a camel and, thereafter, died of myocardial infarction. The third case describes a 27-year-old biologist who died from severe blunt trauma after an attack of a wild living elephant. The article gives a summary of typical injury patterns of selected wild animals and outlines potential reasons of death as a result of the injuries.