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Bear attack victim on closed trail: officials
The bear, known to officials as No. 99, recently drew attention when it approached a Canmore woman.
The bear, known to officials as No. 99, recently drew attention when it approached a Canmore woman.
Isabelle Dube (Photo: Spectrum Imaging / specimage.com)
Isabelle Dube (Photo: Spectrum Imaging / specimage.com)
Brian Horejsi, wildlife scientist
Brian Horejsi, wildlife scientist
CTV.ca News Staff
Updated: Tue. Jun. 7 2005 1:04 PM ET
Officials say the woman who was killed by a grizzly bear in Alberta Sunday was running on a trail the public had been told to avoid.
Isabelle Dube was running with two friends on the popular Bench Trail in Canmore, 90 kilometres west of Calgary, when they encountered the bear.
According to RCMP Cpl. Brad Freer, the trail had been subject to a voluntary closure dating as far back as April.
The restrictions were intended to protect a corridor used by roaming wildlife, but have been flouted by outdoor enthusiasts who have created hundreds of kilometres of informal trails throughout the area.
And that's where Dube and her companions were when they came across the attacking bear. While two of the three women ran to the nearby SilverTip Golf Course for help, Dube sought refuge in a tree.
But the 90-kilogram, four-year-old grizzly managed to drag Dube from the tree. The 35-year-old wife and mother of one young daughter was mauled to death.
Fish and wildlife officers later shot and killed the bear.
The bear, known to officials as No. 99, recently drew attention when it approached a Canmore woman. Following that encounter, the bear was relocated to the Carrot Creek area ear Banff National Park.
Since then, Alberta Sustainable Resource Development spokesperson David Ealey said his department had been tracking the bear with a GPS collar.
"This bear was not aggressive. It was basically behaving as a bear of its typical age and sex would," Ealey said.
"And we decided it was important to shift it into a place still within its home range," where a bear is more likely to find food.
But the grizzly found its way back to the SilverTip area, and was spotted on the links an hour before the deadly attack.
Alberta Sustainable Resource Development spokesperson Donna Babchishin told CTV.ca that bear-response experts consider several options after investigating a bear's behaviour.
"The range of options might involve leaving a bear in place, relocating it inside its range, relocating it outside its range, or putting the bear down," she said.
Ealey said they couldn't re-locate the bear to an area further away. If a bear is moved to unfamiliar territory too far from its home range, "it's likely to die."
A wildlife scientist said continuing to develop mountain communities like Canmore -- which is just outside the gates of Banff National Prk and is now home to some 13,000 people on once-prime wildlife habitat -- will inevitably lead to more confrontations between animals and humans.
"And so you get a situation like this where people get themselves into really difficult situations they don't understand, haven't thought about, and don't know how to deal with. And you see these kind of tragic consequences," Dr. Brian Horejsi told CTV's Calgary affiliate, CFCN News.
Ealey stressed that bears don't typically attack humans unless they're surprised.
"We are doing a postmortem on the bear to determine if there are any health conditions. We don't know if it was in any type of altercation with other bears, that it was wounded in any way," he said.
Dube, a well-known competitive mountain biker, is the first person killed by a bear in the province since 1998.
A list of recent bear attacks in Alberta and British Columbia:
* May 28: Lyle Simpson, 32, was chased and bitten on the arm by a grizzly but managed to escape after kicking the bear in the face. He was among a group of hikers in the Waiparous area near Calgary.
* May 20: Triathlete Julia Gerlach, 27, had part of her scalp torn off and lost part of an ear after a black bear attack about 150 kilometres north of Fort Nelson, B.C.
* Oct. 17, 2004: A grizzly attacked a 73-year-old hunter in Robson Valley, east of Prince George in northern B.C. After being knocked to the ground and bitten on his arm, leg, and facial area, he got back to his feet and fired his rifle to scare off the bear.
* Oct. 8, 2004: Fran Nykoluk, 54, said she survived a bear attack because she played dead. She was charged from behind by a bear while hunting with her husband in the Alberta foothills, south of Calgary. She suffered broken facial bones, needed stitches from ear to chin and also suffered injuries to her chest, legs and an arm.
With a report from CFCN News
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Bear attack victim on closed trail: officials
The bear, known to officials as No. 99, recently drew attention when it approached a Canmore woman.
The bear, known to officials as No. 99, recently drew attention when it approached a Canmore woman.
Isabelle Dube (Photo: Spectrum Imaging / specimage.com)
Isabelle Dube (Photo: Spectrum Imaging / specimage.com)
Brian Horejsi, wildlife scientist
Brian Horejsi, wildlife scientist
CTV.ca News Staff
Updated: Tue. Jun. 7 2005 1:04 PM ET
Officials say the woman who was killed by a grizzly bear in Alberta Sunday was running on a trail the public had been told to avoid.
Isabelle Dube was running with two friends on the popular Bench Trail in Canmore, 90 kilometres west of Calgary, when they encountered the bear.
According to RCMP Cpl. Brad Freer, the trail had been subject to a voluntary closure dating as far back as April.
The restrictions were intended to protect a corridor used by roaming wildlife, but have been flouted by outdoor enthusiasts who have created hundreds of kilometres of informal trails throughout the area.
And that's where Dube and her companions were when they came across the attacking bear. While two of the three women ran to the nearby SilverTip Golf Course for help, Dube sought refuge in a tree.
But the 90-kilogram, four-year-old grizzly managed to drag Dube from the tree. The 35-year-old wife and mother of one young daughter was mauled to death.
Fish and wildlife officers later shot and killed the bear.
The bear, known to officials as No. 99, recently drew attention when it approached a Canmore woman. Following that encounter, the bear was relocated to the Carrot Creek area ear Banff National Park.
Since then, Alberta Sustainable Resource Development spokesperson David Ealey said his department had been tracking the bear with a GPS collar.
"This bear was not aggressive. It was basically behaving as a bear of its typical age and sex would," Ealey said.
"And we decided it was important to shift it into a place still within its home range," where a bear is more likely to find food.
But the grizzly found its way back to the SilverTip area, and was spotted on the links an hour before the deadly attack.
Alberta Sustainable Resource Development spokesperson Donna Babchishin told CTV.ca that bear-response experts consider several options after investigating a bear's behaviour.
"The range of options might involve leaving a bear in place, relocating it inside its range, relocating it outside its range, or putting the bear down," she said.
Ealey said they couldn't re-locate the bear to an area further away. If a bear is moved to unfamiliar territory too far from its home range, "it's likely to die."
A wildlife scientist said continuing to develop mountain communities like Canmore -- which is just outside the gates of Banff National Prk and is now home to some 13,000 people on once-prime wildlife habitat -- will inevitably lead to more confrontations between animals and humans.
"And so you get a situation like this where people get themselves into really difficult situations they don't understand, haven't thought about, and don't know how to deal with. And you see these kind of tragic consequences," Dr. Brian Horejsi told CTV's Calgary affiliate, CFCN News.
Ealey stressed that bears don't typically attack humans unless they're surprised.
"We are doing a postmortem on the bear to determine if there are any health conditions. We don't know if it was in any type of altercation with other bears, that it was wounded in any way," he said.
Dube, a well-known competitive mountain biker, is the first person killed by a bear in the province since 1998.
A list of recent bear attacks in Alberta and British Columbia:
* May 28: Lyle Simpson, 32, was chased and bitten on the arm by a grizzly but managed to escape after kicking the bear in the face. He was among a group of hikers in the Waiparous area near Calgary.
* May 20: Triathlete Julia Gerlach, 27, had part of her scalp torn off and lost part of an ear after a black bear attack about 150 kilometres north of Fort Nelson, B.C.
* Oct. 17, 2004: A grizzly attacked a 73-year-old hunter in Robson Valley, east of Prince George in northern B.C. After being knocked to the ground and bitten on his arm, leg, and facial area, he got back to his feet and fired his rifle to scare off the bear.
* Oct. 8, 2004: Fran Nykoluk, 54, said she survived a bear attack because she played dead. She was charged from behind by a bear while hunting with her husband in the Alberta foothills, south of Calgary. She suffered broken facial bones, needed stitches from ear to chin and also suffered injuries to her chest, legs and an arm.
With a report from CFCN News
© Copyright 2002-2006 Bell Globemedia Inc.
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1118064525891_6/?hub=TopStories
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We've heard grizzly appearances in gas station, garages and restaurants when we were staying in Canmore. It's a small town rapidly expanding. People rarely think that something like this would happen to them.
This kinda remind me of the Arron Ralston story, 会泳者溺水. The Arron Ralston story has a happy ending though.
This kinda remind me of the Arron Ralston story, 会泳者溺水. The Arron Ralston story has a happy ending though.
