# 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.
- Title: Four bears killed after fatal attack in British Columbia
- Summary: 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.
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- Source: BBC News — https://bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwg5r8zrm11mo
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## 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
## Key takeaway

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.