BANFF NATIONAL PARK, ALBERTA — An Alberta bear expert who’s a family friend of one of two people killed by a grizzly bear in Banff National Park says the couple was experienced in the outdoors and could have been in the wrong place at the wrong time.Kim Titchener, who has a company called Bear Safety and More, said both the couple and their dog died in the backcountry on the weekend.“These were very experienced outdoors people. I don’t know if they had bear spray on them.
It immediately sent its Wildlife Human Attack Response Team to the area by ground because it could not use a helicopter due to weather conditions in the mountains. The team arrived at about 1 a.m. Saturday and found the two people dead, the statement said.Parks Canada said the team encountered a grizzly bear displaying aggressive behaviour and killed it to protect the public.
Some of the possibilities, she said, include a bear that was surprised when it was protecting a carcass or cubs, or that the grizzly reacted to the couple’s dog. “If the dog runs back to the owners … then the people are perceived as a threat as well and the bear will attack the people.”The Red Deer and Panther valleys from the Snow Creek summit east to the national park boundary, and north to Shale Pass remain closed as a safety precaution until further notice.
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