Two grizzly bears have been captured in Bella Coola on British Columbia’s central coast, and DNA tests may be conducted on one of them to determine if it was involved in the attack on a group of students and teachers on Nov. 20, 2025.
The B.C. Conservation Officer Service says the other bear has already been examined, and because any link to the attack is “not conclusive” it will be fitted with a GPS collar and relocated.
A spokesman for the environment ministry says an update about the other animal will be provided after the possible DNA assessment.
Conservation officers have been comparing evidence from the attack scene, 700 kilometres northwest of Vancouver, with evidence analyzed from the two bears caught on Monday.
The service has previously said a mother grizzly and two cubs are

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