On Saturday, two animal attacks occurred in two localities of British Columbia: a man was hospitalized in critical condition after being seriously injured by a grizzly greek, and another was slightly injured after pushing the attack on a cougar by hitting it in the face.
An attack on two grizzly ones occurred in the afternoon near Crestonin the south-east of the province, against a couple who was walking by electric bike.
The British Columbia Conservation Service Service (BCCOS) indicated on social networks that a couple met two grizzly ones while riding along the river Kootenay, next to West Creston.
The woman used an anti-instead vaporizer to dissuade the two animals, but one of them attacked her husband. The man was transported to the hospital Cranbrook to be operated on.
In a press release, the Royal Canada Gendarmerie (RCMP) said that the two carnivorous mammals, the age of which is estimated between two and three years, frequented the sector of the valley of Creston For several years.
It is very possible that reactivity in the access and use of the anti-OUS vaporizer has saved lives in this situation.
BCCOS Indicates that conservation agents have raked the area after the attack, but that they did not locate the two bears.
They subsequently closed three large trails in the region, installed a signaling and laid traps on Saturday evening, but no bear was captured.
Cougar attack
Another attack, that of a cougar, occurred Saturday around 11 a.m. Smithersabout 1000 kilometers northwest of Vancouver, said the service of conservation agents of British Columbia.
The victim worked near Lake Kathlyn when the animal approached him to attack him.
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The man explained to the agents that he had struck the cougar in the face, then that the animal disengaged.
BCCOS said that the man had suffered injuries not putting his life in danger and that he had not needed to be hospitalized.
The agents put a trap in the sector and inspected the premises, but they did not find the cougar.
They indicated that they were monitoring the surroundings in case another intervention is necessary.
With information from Akshay Kulkarni and Eagle Andersen