Name: Teachers protect students during grizzly bear attack
Uploaded: 2025-11-24T00:13:23.512Z
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Description: A grizzly bear attack involving a group of students and teachers in Bella Coola, B.C., has left two critically injured and two others seriously hurt, according to emergency officials. Officials praised teachers for heroically protecting the elementary students.

A grizzly bear attack involving a group of students and teachers in Bella Coola, B.C., has left two critically injured and two others seriously hurt, according to emergency officials. Officials praised teachers for heroically protecting the elementary students.

Bella Coola

In Bella Coola, British Columbia, a group of elementary school children and teachers from an independent school were attacked by a grizzly bear during a field trip. Teachers acted quickly, using bear spray and a bear banger to fend off the animal, actions credited with saving lives. Eleven people were injured, including three children and one adult in critical or serious condition who required urgent hospital care. 

Due to weather conditions, the critically injured were transported by road and then airlifted to hospital. Experts note that attacks on large groups by grizzly bears are rare. Conservation officers have set traps to locate the bear, but it has not yet been found. Residents are being advised to avoid forested areas and stay indoors while the search continues.

Teachers protect students during grizzly bear attack

In the remote community of Bellacoola, shock and devastation after elementary school children and teachers were attacked by a grizzly bear. It was just an unprecedented event that we have never experienced and so all we're trying to do now is focus on the well-being of our children and making sure that they have the supports that they need. It happened Thursday afternoon. The group from an independent school run by the New Hulk Nation was on a field trip and having lunch along a trail. Teachers being praised for fighting off the animal using bear spray and a bear banger which gives off a loud noise to scare it off. These children are going to be around for many many many years because of the actions that they've done. Officials say in total 11 people were injured. Three children and an adult were in critical or serious condition and needed urgent hospital care. Weather prevented a plane from landing locally so they were driven five hours to Williams Lake and from there airlifted to hospital. Those familiar with bear-human interactions say it's rare for bears to attack such big groups. We're much more intimidating in large groups and statistically when you look at the research of cases where people have been attacked by grizzly bears they're usually by themselves or with one other person. This is the latest grizzly bear attack in B.C. Last month a man was killed by a mother grizzly in the southeastern part of the province. The B.C. Wildlife Federation says grizzly bear attacks have doubled to nearly 1,000 a year after a hunting ban was put in place in 2017. It's now calling for it to be lifted. Certainly anytime there is a bear attack the Conservation Service provides advice to government about anything we can do to prevent similar incidents in the future and we'll certainly be listening to that advice hopefully. But for the community of Bella Coola the suggestion comes too soon. People here just want to focus on the children. Community members say they are no strangers to bears and want to live in harmony with them, Erica. And Yasmin, the bear still has not been located? That's right. Conservation officers have set up traps to find it but it is a challenge due to the amount of bears in the area. Officials have not decided whether the bear will be killed once it's found. In the meantime people are being asked to avoid forested areas and the river and to stay inside when possible. Thanks for this. That's Yasmin Ranea reporting from Bella Coola, British Columbia.

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