Overview
- DNA and other forensic tests excluded four grizzlies trapped on Dec. 3, including an adult female and three young.
- With bears entering denning season, officers removed trapping equipment after five days without new sightings.
- A full-time conservation officer remains stationed in Bella Coola to monitor bear activity, with more officers available if required.
- The four captured bears will be relocated within their home range away from the community.
- The two-week response involved 24 officers who hand-delivered samples to a University of Alberta lab, after an attack that badly injured three students and a staff member.