Conservation officers say a picnic-stealing black bear can no longer safely co-exist with humans and will have to be destroyed.

The bear has been spotted multiple times in Burnaby Mountain Park, a conservation area in Metro Vancouver, adjacent to Simon Fraser University, according to provincial conservation officer Kent Popjes.

That includes three days in a row where it was reported "accessing picnic lunches," followed by an incident on Aug. 31 that was captured on video, racking up millions of views across social media.

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That footage was captured by Upansa and Divyanshu Chaubisa who filmed the bear walking toward a large group of people sitting in the park.

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In the video, several pe

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