Bear spotted on Vancouver’s Fraserview Golf Course put down by conservation officers

Conservation officers have put down a bear that was spotted on a Vancouver golf course on Saturday morning.

Conservation officer Jack Trudgian said he was called to the Fraserview Golf Course after receiving reports of a bear in the area of East 54th Avenue and Kerr Street.

Trudgian said he tranquillized the animal near the eighth hole just before 8 a.m.

He said the animal had become too much of a danger to re-release elsewhere.

“It’s not that they’re acting aggressively towards people. It’s just that they’re showing no fear of people. It’s approaching people and not running away or being frightened of people when they try to scare it. And if it’s just walking around and it doesn’t show fear, then that becomes a risk,” he said.

Trudgian believes the young bear was forced out of Burnaby by a larger bear and most likely made its way to Vancouver in search of food.