Conservation officers in British Columbia say a black bear that was killed by RCMP officers last Sunday was, “in fact,” responsible for an attack that had left a three-year-old girl with injuries.
Conservation officers took to social media to correct their earlier assessment, in which they said the wrong bear had been killed, and apologized for the confusion.
The three-year-old girl was attacked by a black bear on the back deck of her home in Maple Ridge on Aug. 9.
A parent intervened and drove the bear off, and the child was airlifted to B.C. Children’s Hospital with non-life-altering injuries. …