Maybe a bear spray would have saved his life. Black bears do not engage humans very often. Up until recently, there were no reports of Black bears attacking humans in Canada. In our current time, we even have y coyotes attacks.
The bear must have had a reason to attack, like protecting his territory against this blueberries ‘thief’…
The police must also have had good reasons to kill the bear, maybe he was behaving strangely, maybe he had rabies. He might have had some blood on his face. Who knows.
I lived in northern Canada for 8 years in the wilderness and I would not have gone out in the woods without some kind of protection and not just a pocket knife.
Bear spray is about the only thing legal in Canada where you can’t even possess regular pepper spray. You have to sign for it in specialized stores, but it is proven to be the best protection against bears, even better than firearms (google that).
>>> “Police, in a release issued on Tuesday, say they killed a black bear located in the vicinity of the body of the man, who left home Monday morning and was in the vicinity of Tuzyk Road off Highway 105. ”
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