One dead and another missing in suspected grizzly bear attack in Canada
Summary
A mother was found dead and her 19-year-old daughter remains missing after a suspected grizzly bear attack near Bella Coola, British Columbia. Conservation officers are searching for the daughter, and the Nuxalk Nation says efforts to locate the bear are under way.Key Facts
- British Columbia conservation officers began searching for the mother and daughter over the weekend.
- An officer found the mother’s body on Sunday; the search for her daughter continues.
- The suspected attack occurred near the Snooka West trail area, about 8 km east of Bella Coola.
- Relatives reported Jenny Balcarras and her daughter missing, and a family member said their vehicle was found at a nearby trailhead.
- Bella Coola is a community of about 2,100 people on British Columbia’s central coast.
- Last November, a grizzly bear injured 11 people, including children, near a school group in the area; the bear was not found.
- Nuxalk Nation chief Samuel Schooner said a trapping effort to find the bear was under way.
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