A man is recuperating from non-life-threatening wounds after a grizzly bear attack in northern B.C. that conservation officers say was “defensive in nature.”
The attack occurred at approximately 11 a.m. on July 6 some 110 kilometres west of Fort Nelson, B.C., where a man was working as part of a team in a secluded setting, according to a social media post from the B.C. Conservation Officer Service (COS).
A man was charged by a bear and suffered non-life-threatening injuries shortly after noticing the mother grizzly and her two cubs.
“The victim was bitten and scratched before the bear disengaged,” reads the COS post. “Group members assisted the victim, who was flown to hospital for treatment and has since been released.”…