The Wyoming legislature may consider a bill that would require require permitted backcountry users in grizzly country to carry bear spray.

The guy pushing the bill said conflicts increasing at a “nearly exponential rate,”  but also human deaths caused by grizzly bears. While only 44 people have died from grizzly attacks since the beginning of the 20th century, the majority of those attacks have occurred in the last 20 years.

I guess that is better than the unofficial Alaskan law that you just have to carry a big bad gun. At least if you shoot yourself with pepper spray the sting wears off after a while.

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