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Four bears killed after fatal attack in British Columbia
A mother and daughter died in a grizzly bear attack in Bella Coola. DNA testing identified the sow and three cubs responsible, all now destroyed.
In brief
A mother and daughter died in a grizzly bear attack in Bella Coola. DNA testing identified the sow and three cubs responsible, all now destroyed. Four grizzly bears were killed in British Columbia after DNA confirmed they fatally attacked a mother and daughter on a hiking trail in Bella Coola. Originally reported by…
Mother and daughter killed in bear attack
Jennifer Balcarras, forty-eight, and her daughter Selah Reed, twenty, died earlier this month after going on an afternoon walk on a trail in Bella Coola, British Columbia.
DNA confirms sow and three cubs responsible
Forensic testing by the British Columbia Conservation Office Service confirmed a sow and her three cubs were responsible for the attack. The attack likely involved predatory behaviour, which was very rare.
“likely involved predatory behaviour”
All four bears destroyed to protect public
All four bears were destroyed in accordance with provincial human-wildlife conflict response guidelines. More than a dozen conservation officers took part in the investigation over the past week.
Community reeling from second attack in two years
DNA testing confirmed these bears were not involved in a two thousand twenty-five attack on a school group also in Bella Coola that injured eleven people.
“deeply re-triggering for our community members”
The headline
Four grizzly bears were killed in British Columbia after DNA confirmed they fatally attacked a mother and daughter on a hiking trail in Bella Coola.
