The Essential Handbook for Living with Bears, Avoiding Encounters, and Preventing Attacks on Anyone Living in Bear Country. Bears - both black and grizzly - are becoming a common sight at backyard feeders and garbage cans in rural and suburban North America. What might seem like a novelty at first, quickly becomes a dangerous nuisance for the homeowner, children, and pets. Outwitting Bears will show you how to: - identify and remove bear attractants - respond to a habituated bear - safeguard children and pets - create deterrents that work - avoid a bear encounter - survive a bear attack