Information of National park Malá Fatra

How to stop away from the discordant meeting with bear.

Who falls the most often a sacrifice to bear?

- hunters and foresters - arboreal workers - mushroom pickers - visitors who cut corners of the movement in the protected territory - visitors of the places with the appearance of the „container“ bears.
These kinds of people don´t fall a sacrifice to bear by an accident. It is caused by the movement in relatively disturbed surroundings or in the places where bears scavenge and have a rest. Bear can feel stumbled and endangered and then it comes to the defensive reaction. The most dangerous can be meeting with the „container“ bear, who used to look food up near by the people.

Who falls the most often a sacrifice to bear?

There are a lot of materials about this question which advise to people how to behave by the attack of bear. It is good to lie down and don´t make a move uselessly. But more important is to precede situation like these.

In the territory with appearance of bear is necessary to move only on the marked tourist routes.

It is also dangerous pass through the shag of e.g. raspberries, etc.

In the months of September and October it is also dangerous to move about the rock complexes in the remote and not attractive places for tourists. It is also good to avoid from the massive standing trees –the possible burrows of bears are situated in the similar places.

It is ideal to move in small groups or in a couples in forest and also it is good to talk loud but not scream. It is also very important to sense the surroundings with the eyes and of course with the ears. Man has to be aware in every occasion.

Bivouacing in the areas of the appearance of bears to minimize. Bivouacing in the National park Malá Fatra is available only on the reserved places.

Dangerousness of direct meeting with bear is very different. There are a lot of important factors- for example the distance of observation, the direction of wind, and of course who sooner registrated whom. In the majority of meetings with bear, he (bear) escapes earlier as a man realises it.

The most dangerous can be also so-called the meeting „vis- vis“, when the bilateral distance is about 10 and 20 meters. But the distance like this can not be the signal of attack.

* When bear really attacks a man and there is no possibility to creep the tree up, never run. It advises to lie down, couch and protect your neck and head by the hands. It is necessary to make no move and keep cool. (Which is of course very difficult in the occasion like this)..

The principles of movement and behaviour in the nature should be acquired by every visitor. By his good behaviour can help to the improvement of the medial question