The two people killed by a grizzly bear in Alberta's Banff National Park last week were on a permitted hiking and camping trip and there was no active bear warning at the time incident, Canadian park officials said on Tuesday.Park staff found two cans of bear spray at the scene and that the individuals' food had been hung appropriately to avoid attracting animals, Parks Canada said in a statement.
The deaths were the first from a grizzly bear in Banff National Park in decades and involved a bear that was not collared, tagged or previously known to park staff, according to the statement.
Parks Canada was alerted about the bear attack late Friday and the response team shot and killed the animal when it charged at them...more
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Remember this: Canada does not allow you have have guns unless you fill out miles of paper. So Beware when hiking in bear country! Bear spray does work occasionally but when it doesn't you're dead! It's the office folks who swear by it.
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