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The bear was later killed by park rangers.
CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — An assault by a grizzly bear has left two folks useless in a nationwide park in western Canada, and the bear was later killed by park rangers, officers mentioned.
The assault occurred Friday in Banff Nationwide Park in Alberta Province. The Parks Canada company acquired an alert from a GPS system within the park’s Crimson Deer River valley Friday night that indicated a bear assault was occurring, company spokeswoman Natalie Fay mentioned in an announcement.
A response group was mobilized however was hampered by unhealthy climate and was capable of attain the positioning solely early Saturday by about 1 a.m., when group members discovered the our bodies of a pair. Identities of the victims weren’t instantly launched.
“Climate circumstances on the time didn’t permit for helicopter use, and the response group travelled by the evening to the placement by the bottom,” Fay mentioned.
The group discovered an aggressive grizzly bear within the space and killed the animal on the scene for the sake of public security, Fay mentioned. Authorities closed parts of Banff Nationwide Park, a well-liked vacationer vacation spot, as a precaution.
Kim Titchener, founding father of a bunch that gives bear security seminars, mentioned she was a buddy of one of many victims relations and mentioned they have been a Canadian couple. She mentioned their canine additionally was killed.
“This couple have been very skilled outside fans,” Titchener mentioned. “They have been within the again nation to camp.”
The assertion from Parks Canada mentioned that Royal Canadian Mounted Police later transported the victims to Sundre, Alberta.
“It is a tragic incident and Parks Canada needs to specific its honest condolences to the households and mates of the victims,” the assertion learn.