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‘No fear’ bruin shot after refusing to be chased off Wandering, hungry bear became public safety concern, say police Vikki HOPES and Neil CORBETT
safety concerns. At 11:10 p.m., it was killed after mulThe black bear was unlike tiple shots were fired from a any that the Abbotsford police patrol rifle. MacDonald said offiPolice Department (APD) cers felt they had no other had previously encounchoice. tered. “It absolutely wasn’t one Officers who were called to the 35000 block of Sandy Hill of our first 10 options to put Road near McKinley Park at the bear down, but it was not about 8:30 p.m. on Sunday going away,” he said. Sandy Hill Road resident came across a creature that Brandon Deutsch said the had no fear of them, said bear created a lot of exciteConst. Ian MacDonald. ment in the normally They tried chasing q quiet neighbourhood on it away, making loud Su . He shot video VIDLEIONE Sunday noises and even sprayN com of it going through his O ws. ing it with a fire-extinabbyne ba backyard at about 2 guisher-sized canister p.m p.m. Then he saw it take of pepper spray, but the his neighbour’s birdfeeder bear wasn’t leaving. off the tree, holding it with a It continued to ramble through backyards, some- paw as he walked. “He was three-legging it times climbing onto balconies and over fences to get at across the yard,” he said. He said police warned bird feeders and other food residents to stay indoors sources. “It was only focused on get- as they attempted to scare ting food and it was viewing off the bruin using pepper humans as an inconvenience spray, and he accepted that to its efforts,” MacDonald officers only shot the animal as a last resort. said. “It was reasonable what The APD contacted the they did,” he said. B.C. conservation officer Another area resident, service, but an officer did Todd Struthers, said on not attend, he said. Meanwhile, the bear was social media that the bear Abbotsford News
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FLOOD WATCH A5 Evacuation order lifted, but higher river waters are expected by the end of the week
CITY SALARIES A3 The cost of municipal employees passed the $45-million mark in 2011, with 211 making more than $75,000 annually
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This black bear was shot and killed by police after efforts to scare it away from the Sandy Hill neighbourhood on Sunday were unsuccessful.
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