A day after a hunter was rushed to hospital by air ambulance after being attacked by a grizzly bear, a sign posted on a fence in the rural area where the attack happened warns people to “keep out” because of a “dangerous grizzly bear” in the area.

On Thursday, fish and wildlife said in a written statement that two men were hunting south of Cochrane, Alta., located about 50 minutes west of Calgary, when one of them was attacked by a grizzly bear.

The second hunter shot the bear and it was “believed to be deceased.”

A second bear fled the area following the encounter.

However, while Global News observed fish and wildlife officers working in the area on Friday, nobody from the department responded to inquiries for further details about the attack, whether fish and wildlife officers had co

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