Parks Canada says grizzly bear in Alberta euthanized after displaying ‘aggressive behavior’
A couple and their dog reportedly have been killed by a grizzly bear in Canada’s popular Banff National Park, leading officials there to euthanize the animal after they found it displaying “aggressive behavior.”
Banff National Park said in a statement that Parks Canada staff received an alert Friday night from a GPS device indicating a “bear attack” in the Red Deer River Valley area, west of Ya Ha Tinda Ranch.
“Parks Canada immediately mobilized a Wildlife Human Attack Response Team whose members are specially trained in responding to wildlife attacks,” the park said. “Weather conditions at the time did not allow for helicopter use, and the response team traveled through the night to the location by ground.