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Bearing the brunt as police shoot roaming bear
Friday, 8 August, 2008
Bearing the brunt. A black bear was shot and killed after breaking into a Canadian home. (Getty Images) (Getty)
A black bear that broke into a Canadian home in search of food was shot and killed, a day after a woman was attacked in the same area.
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The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said people at an adjacent golf course saw a large bear entering the house in Coquitlam, British Columbia, although the people upstairs had no idea the large animal had entered their basement.
Constable Sharen Leung said when officers arrived, the bear was in the yard eating food it had taken from a kitchen.
She said the officers shot the bear in the shoulder, but it climbed a tree.
When conservation officers arrived, they tranquilised the bear, which weighed about 180 kg, and then RCMP officers shot and killed it.
On Wednesday, a 35-year-old woman was attacked by another bear in the same neighbourhood while she was gardening in her yard.
The RCMP also shot that animal and the woman was taken to hospital with a torn scalp and numerous bite wounds.
A spokesman for the BC Conservation Officer Service said the neighbourhood was a hot spot for bear sightings, though they rarely end in attacks.
Source: AP/SBS
Click here for more off-beat stories
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said people at an adjacent golf course saw a large bear entering the house in Coquitlam, British Columbia, although the people upstairs had no idea the large animal had entered their basement.
Constable Sharen Leung said when officers arrived, the bear was in the yard eating food it had taken from a kitchen.
She said the officers shot the bear in the shoulder, but it climbed a tree.
When conservation officers arrived, they tranquilised the bear, which weighed about 180 kg, and then RCMP officers shot and killed it.
On Wednesday, a 35-year-old woman was attacked by another bear in the same neighbourhood while she was gardening in her yard.
The RCMP also shot that animal and the woman was taken to hospital with a torn scalp and numerous bite wounds.
A spokesman for the BC Conservation Officer Service said the neighbourhood was a hot spot for bear sightings, though they rarely end in attacks.
Source: AP/SBS
