Black Bear Attack
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‘Help. Bear’: How a desperate whisper helped RCMP officers save 2 women from a black bear attackThe Conservation Officer Service said predatory attacks by black bears are extremely rare but it does appear this bear was treating the two women as food.EnvironmentOct 7, 2022
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Black bear attack near Dawson Creek, B.C. leaves 2 women critically injuredThe B.C. Conservation Officer Service said the attack happened while a family of four was hiking on the Bear Mountain Cross Country Ski Club trails shortly before 7 p.m. on Monday.EnvironmentOct 4, 2022
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Black bear killed by worker at remote B.C. camp following attackThe victim suffered serious but non-life-threatening injuries, the Conservation Officer Service said, and he was transported to the hospital in Prince George.CanadaJun 1, 2021
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Hiker attacked by black bear, North Vancouver trail closedB.C. Emergency Health Services said paramedics assessed one person for minor injuries, but that they were not taken to hospital.EnvironmentMay 21, 2021
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Woman fatally attacked by bear in northern Saskatchewan identified as mother, teacherHubert Esquirol was on the phone with his daughter, Stephanie Blais, when she was attacked by the black bear at their family cabin north of Buffalo Narrows, Saskatchewan.CanadaAug 24, 2020
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Woman killed in Saskatchewan’s first fatal bear attack since 1983RCMP said it was the first fatal bear attack in Saskatchewan since 1983.CanadaAug 21, 2020
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Black bear shot and killed after man sent to hospital in attack, OPP sayInvestigators say a 69-year-old man reported the attack while making his way to the hospital at about 11:15 a.m. Thursday.CrimeSep 27, 2019
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U.S. woman killed by black bear while on vacation in CanadaAuthorities say a Minnesota woman has been killed by a black bear on an island in Canadian waters.CanadaSep 5, 2019
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Warning issued after aggressive black bear lunges at picnickers on Burnaby Mountain"It continued to come forward and then made contact with a person. All those circumstances show me that the bear has lost its fear of people," a conservation officer told Global News.CanadaJun 24, 2019
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Bow hunter seriously injured in Saskatchewan black bear attackA bow hunter was seriously injured after being attacked by a black bear in northern Saskatchewan.CanadaSep 7, 2017
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