Canadian authorities kill mother bear and three cubs who fatally attacked mother and daughter

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Authorities have killed four grizzly bears which mauled a mother and daughter to death earlier this month. The bodies of Jenny Balcarras, 48, and her 20-year-old daughter, Selah…

Authorities have killed four grizzly bears which mauled a mother and daughter to death earlier this month.

The bodies of Jenny Balcarras, 48, and her 20-year-old daughter, Selah Reed, were found about 150m away from each other along a trail near Bella Coola, a remote community about 1000km north of Vancouver in British Colombia.

Family members raised the alarm after Reed missed a routine Saturday night call with her sister.

Searchers found her mother’s remains first, then discovered Reed’s remains in a bear cache, where bears store food.

Four grizzly bears, a mother and its three adolescent cubs, were later captured in the days following and linked to the attack through DNA tests.

“Our investigation also found that this attack likely involved predatory behavior, which I can tell you is very rare,” Inspector Jeff Tyre said.

“That is to say, we don’t know how it started, but we know how it ended.”

Tyre noted the bears weren’t responsible for a separate attack on a group of 20 elementary school students and teachers almost a year prior.

The attack injured 11 people, two of which were critical, and left the local Nuxalk Nation community on edge — only to be plunged back into fear following the most recent attack.

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