A Scammer's Greatest Fear: Real facts and statistics

Since their arguments are false, and do not stand up to factual analysis, they rely entirely on fear to motivate both government officials and potential contributors of money. The scammers may point to "recent events", "upsurges" and "increasing numbers" of incidents involving "wild dangerous animals" escaping and threatening the public - some of which they are not above manufacturing themselves.

The real facts and statistics show just the opposite: there are fewer accidents involving wild animals today than at any time in American history. Your chances are 6 times greater of being killed by a bee, 4 times greater of being killed by a dog, 5 times greater of being killed by a cow, 7 times greater of being killed by a horse, and 15 times greater of being killed by a white tailed deer (through a collision with one in your car) than by any kind of wild animal. It makes no difference whether the animal is encountered in the wild or in captivity.

Attacks by domestic animals are far more common than incidents involving wild animals. And yet, insurance actuaries consider animal attack of any kind among the least likely ways a person can die. Your chances of being killed by a bolt of lightning are 10 times greater. Statistically, you are more likely to die of constipation than animal attack! Click here to read the results of a sixteen year survey on fatalities caused by captive wild animals.