The BC conservation office or office has killed a bear that attacked a hiker near Squamish over the weekend the animal was stalking her on a trail luckily a passerby helped scare the bear off cdv’s Ben Nesbitt has more a Saturday evening hike took a scary and
Violent turn for a woman here at The Coho Trail the conservation service says she was forced to defend herself against a black bear who had stalked her for several minutes she was able to actually pick up a piece of old Lumber that was just lying there and start swinging it at the bear
Uh the bear at that point um took a SWAT uh with its uh its Potter Sergeant Dean Miller says a cyclist heard the commotion and came to her Aid helping fight off the bear he says the woman walked away with just minor injuries Miller says they later learned
That there were other reports of a bear following and approaching people in the area a bear was later located in the backyard of a house nearby and once conservation felt confident it was the same one it was killed definitely if there is contact made and some you know
Some behavior that that appears to be predatory or opportunistically predatory in nature then you know that that Bearer is going to be euthanized the conservation service says The Coho and surrounding Trails will remain closed until at least Thursday it’s advising hikers to go out in groups and says
People should make sure their garbages are secured Ben Nesbitt CTV News Squamish
A black bear that attacked a hiker and followed groups of people on trails has been found and put down in British Columbia, conservation officers say.
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Just leave the wild life alone.
When you are in their only territory you take your chances. I spend a lot of summer weekends in bear areas and would be sickened if a bear was put down for attacking me.