Teachers fight off grizzly bear attacking students in British Columbia: ‘Heroes’

Academics on Thursday fended off a grizzly bear that attacked a college group strolling alongside a path in British Columbia, Canada, officers stated.

“The group had stopped alongside a path close to the neighborhood when a grizzly bear emerged from the woods and attacked,” stated Insp. Kevin Van Damme of British Columbia’s Conservation Officer Service, stated in an replace on social media. “Academics efficiently repelled the bear with pepper spray and bear bang.”

In line with CBC Information, 11 folks had been injured within the assault, together with college students in fourth and fifth grades.

Two had been in vital situation, two had been in severe situation and the opposite seven had been handled on the scene, British Columbia Well being Companies stated.

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British Columbia’s Conservation Officer Service stated the grizzly emerged from the woods and “attacked.” (Matthew Bailey/VWPics/Common Photographs Group by way of Getty Photographs)

The incident occurred in Bella Coola, a metropolis greater than 400 miles north of Vancouver.

The victims had been taken to Bella Coola Hospital and transferred to Vancouver for additional care, Van Damme stated.

Officers had been nonetheless looking out Friday for the bear, which they stated might have been beforehand injured.

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“We acknowledge that this incident is distressing for the neighborhood. We’re in shut contact with the Nuxalk Nation as our investigation continues. We thank them for his or her joint efforts to make sure neighborhood consciousness and shared security info,” Van Damme stated. “Our ideas are with the victims and their households, and we want them a full and speedy restoration.”

Bella Coola is positioned greater than 400 miles north of Vancouver, British Columbia. (Google Maps)

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Tamara Davidson, British Columbia’s Minister of Surroundings and Parks, referred to as the lecturers who fought the bear “true heroes,” including that they had been nicely ready, in keeping with the Guardian.