School Children Attacked By Grizzly Bear On Walking Trail

[OneEyedDiva]

" British Columbia Emergency Health Services told the BBC in a statement that two people were critically injured in the attack, two more were seriously hurt, while seven others were treated at the scene."

Animals seem to be reclaiming their territories. I wonder if it was a good idea to take children into the wilderness like that. I also wonder if students and teachers were familiar with the trail and had not known bears to come there before. Thank goodness nobody was killed but how terrifying for the students, parents and teachers. Grizzly bear on loose after attacking school group in Canada, injuring 11

My husband and I used to go to a park in another town in Bergen County that had a small lake. We'd walk around the lake a few times for exercise. The last time I went, a few years ago, it was with my son. When we got to the opposite side of the lake from where we parked, there was a new sign that warned about coyotes. Shortly after, coyotes were seen in neighborhoods in a Bergen County town. I haven't been back to that park since.

 

[PeppermintPatty]

You’d think they would have known better. The school is run by an Indigenous Nuxalk Nation, one would think they would know better. They obviously knew there was the possibility of spotting bears since they carried bear spray. Perhaps they just didn’t expect a grizzly.
May the injured get the help they need.

 

[QuietByNature]

there was a new sign that warned about coyotes. Shortly after, coyotes were seen in neighborhoods in a Bergen County town. I haven't been back to that park since.

I am seeing more and more signs these days warning people of coyotes in the area. I see them regularly walking down the middle of my street at night, the odd one with mange will stroll down in the middle of the day.

I heard they are still trying to track down that bear.

 

[JustDave]

There was a common stop somewhere around half way up the Alaskan Highway. Liard Hot Springs. 60 years ago, there was no development, except a half mile wooden walk that took you from the highway to the Springs, where maybe 10 or 20 people were bathing off the dust back when the highway was 1500 miles of gravel. It was a welcomed stop, people were having fun and relaxing. On the way back I stopped there again. It was the Same delightful spot. Beautiful and forested. A few years later I read that a person was attacked and killed by a black bear on the wooden walkway.

 

[Tommy]

I've driven the length of the Alaskan Highway twice. In 1984 I stopped at Liard Hot Springs. It was a beautiful and fascinating place. From what I can see on line, it looks as though the area has now been heavily commercialized.

 

[Michael Z]

We have a bunch of black bears by us - one from a game cam shown below. They generally are quite shy of humans as I am yet to see one in person this year despite many photos on my game cam. If they were grizzlies, I would be more concerned.

 

[JustDave]

I've driven the length of the Alaskan Highway twice. In 1984 I stopped at Liard Hot Springs. It was a beautiful and fascinating place. From what I can see on line, it looks as though the area has now been heavily commercialized.

I thought it would be. For me it wouldn't be as charming as it once was.

 

[QuietByNature]

@OneEyedDiva

This Coyote decided to lay out on my front lawn last year after it caught a squirrel.

 

[OneEyedDiva]

@OneEyedDiva

This Coyote decided to lay out on my front lawn last year after it caught a squirrel.

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It was just chillin' huh! (Poor squirrel)

 

[Teacher Terry]

Black bears usually aren’t a threat but grizzlies are another thing entirely. I hope they all survive. How horrible!

 

[Jules]

I wonder if it was a good idea to take children into the wilderness like that. I also wonder if students and teachers were familiar with the trail and had not known bears to come there before.

Quite the opposite. This thousands of hectares of wilderness with a few areas that have smaller developments, mostly native.

 

[JustDave]

I don't know if there are statistics, but your child could be safer in the wilderness than he is in the car with you.

 

[WhatInThe]

Children and dogs because of their size are tempting prey and/or don't pose a threat to the bears and others. A large group of children might as well be a heard in the bears eyes.

But yes nature was there before man and will be there long after.

 

[RadishRose]

There are black bears in many areas of CT, my condo community as well. They come out of the woods hungry for food and raid the dumpsters when people fail to close them.

 

[Tommy]

I wonder if it was a good idea to take children into the wilderness like that.

Urban dwellers don't really grasp this concept. Those people LIVE in the "wilderness". They all understand the dos and don'ts of living in bear country. This was a rogue bear.

 

[OneEyedDiva]

Urban dwellers don't really grasp this concept. Those people LIVE in the "wilderness". They all understand the dos and don'ts of living in bear country. This was a rogue bear.

And what I bolded of your reply is what I was questioning (in the part you didn't include of my query).