Overview

• Both accused are Texada Island residents charged with failing to promptly report the wounding or killing of a grizzly bear, according to the B.C. Conservation Officer Service.
• The COS said the case stems from a July incident in which the tagged grizzly, nicknamed Tex, was reported shot and later found dead.
• Officials have not publicly named the accused, and the COS says no further details will be released while the matter is before the courts.
• Authorities had previously relocated the bear twice and Indigenous- and provincial-led plans to trap and move it were underway before the carcass was discovered.
• Residents were divided over how to handle the animal’s repeated encounters with people and livestock, and the Tla’amin First Nation said it was deeply saddened by the killing.