STATISTICS

STATISTICS
Facts & amp; figures
Some statistics on black bears:
The North American Bear Center in Ely, Minn., estimates 750,000 black bears live in the United States, Canada and northern Mexico.
Black bears have killed 56 people in North America in the last 100 years, according to the NABC.
The Cherokee National Forest, where a bear attack Thursday killed a girl, is home to about 1,500 black bears, according to the U.S. Forest Service.
About 55,000 black bears are killed each year by hunters in North America, according to the NABC.
Source: Associated Press