A Saskatchewan Camper Was Killed In A Black Bear Attack Last Week
A group that was out camping in a remote part of northern Canada was the subject of a fatal black bear attack in Saskatchewan.
RCMP say that in the evening on Thursday, August 20, a black bear attacked a woman who "sustained significant injuries" and was pronounced dead when medics reached her.
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Initial reports are the bear was destroyed at the scene
Buffalo Narrows RCMP
The woman was camping with two small children under the age of ten and a man in his 40s.
It's the first fatal bear attack in the entire province since 1983 and it happened in an extremely remote area about 150 kilometres from Buffalo Narrows.
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The public isn't at risk right now since the bear was reportedly destroyed, say RCMP, and they're planning on doing an animal autopsy on it.