BC Officers Kill 4 Grizzlies Linked by DNA to 2 Fatalities Near Bella Coola
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Updated · Fox News · Nov 11
BC Officers Kill 4 Grizzlies Linked by DNA to 2 Fatalities Near Bella Coola
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Nov 11
Summary
DNA tests conclusively tied an adult female grizzly and her three offspring to the deaths of Jennifer Balcarras, 48, and Selah Reed, 20, near Bella Coola.
British Columbia conservation officers captured the four bears over the weekend and killed them under provincial human-wildlife conflict guidelines after investigators found signs of likely predatory behavior.
More than a dozen officers worked through difficult terrain and weather to recover evidence and locate the animals after Balcarras and Reed disappeared on a walk on the Snooka West Trail.
The agency said the same four bears were not involved in a separate 2025 grizzly attack near Bella Coola that injured 11 people, and the case review will continue even though the main investigation is closed.