Canadian authorities announced Tuesday that four grizzly bears had been killed, after DNA tests confirmed they were responsible for an attack that killed a woman and her daughter near a hiking trail in British Columbia's western province last week.
The District Wildlife Authority explained in a statement that the results of the tests conducted at the scene of the attack showed the involvement of a female bear and her three cubs in the killing of the two victims, who were wandering near their home in the vicinity of the town of La Cola. The authority confirmed the elimination of the four bears, noting that fatal attacks by grizzly bears from predatory motives are rare.
The incident comes at a time when grizzly bears may be more aggressive as they seek to build up fat reserves for hibernation. Last November, the same area witnessed a bear attack on a school group, which injured 11 people, including children, some of whom were seriously injured, while authorities confirmed that the four bears it killed were not involved in the previous attack.
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