"Four people, including three children, were injured after a grizzly bear attacked a school group in a remote part of Canada. Two of the injured were in critical condition and two in serious condition, the Health Services Authority said Friday. All four remain hospitalized. The attack occurred on Thursday in the Bella Coola area of British Columbia (BC), when a bear charged a group of 20 children and their teachers."
"According to conservation officials, teachers intervened, using bear spray and a bear banger to repel the attack and "put themselves in harm's way to protect the children." "I want to thank the teachers for their heroism," provincial Premier David Eby said. The group was from the Acwsalcta School, run by the Indigenous Nuxalk Nation."
"Conflicts with humans often increase as winter approaches, when grizzlies seek fat reserves for hibernation. Reports of bear encounters have risen in Bella Coola, which has a large grizzly population. But officials warn this doesn't mean bears are becoming more aggressive overall. "One individual bear could increase conflicts," Inspector Van Damme said. "It's not necessarily generic across the population.""
Four people, including three children, were injured when a grizzly bear charged a school group of about 20 students and teachers in the Bella Coola area of British Columbia. Two victims are in critical condition and two are in serious condition; all four remain hospitalized. Teachers used bear spray and a bear banger and intervened to protect the children, actions that drew praise from provincial leaders. The group was from Acwsalcta School of the Indigenous Nuxalk Nation. Authorities have urged people to avoid the area while they search for the bear. Officials cautioned that seasonal foraging can raise encounters but said one individual bear may account for increased conflicts locally.
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