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Officers Believe Sow with Cubs Was Involved in B.C. Bear Attack on Students, Teachers
Three students and a teacher were seriously injured in a bear attack during a field trip, prompting ongoing searches involving thermal imaging and forensic evidence collection.
- On Thursday, the B.C. Conservation Officer Service said a mother bear with two cubs likely attacked a lunchtime elementary school field trip near Bella Coola, injuring three pupils and a teacher.
- Searchers are attempting to trap and assess all three bears, collecting forensic evidence amid rainy, slippery conditions, but no bears have been trapped so far.
- Sgt. Jeff Tyre, B.C. Conservation Officer Service, warned 'Speaking from experience, this is probably the most dangerous thing that conservation officers do, especially dealing with family units with sows'.
- Schooner said victims have shown some improvement but face a long physical and mental recovery, and officials said any euthanasia decision would involve veterinarians and other professionals.
- In local context, Schooner recalled spending hours playing in the woods without incidents, noting the region hosts grizzlies, black bears, cougars, and wolverines, within the Nuxalk Nation.
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B.C. continues search for grizzly bear, 2 cubs involved in school group attack
Canadian conservation officials continue their search for three grizzly bears that attacked a group of elementary students that injured four people, including a teacher, last week in rural British Columbia.
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