Bearing Up In Canada

Bears in Canada have found a new fast food - self-delivered, too. We're talking about mountain bikers, of course. One woman was apparently killed by a bear in British Columbia while two others managed to escape a grizzly bear attack.

INVERMERE, B.C. . (CP) - A woman was found dead Sunday on a ski hill in eastern British Columbia and conservation officials believe a black bear may have attacked her.

The bear was found near the 34-year-old woman's body on a trail near the Panorama Ski Resort near the Alberta-B.C. boundary.

"The bear was at the site right where the body was recovered, as though it was guarding the site, which would indicate to me that the bear had preyed upon this person or obviously was trying to claim ownership ," Paul Visentin, B.C. conservation officer, told Global TV Calgary.

The female mountain biker was reported missing on Saturday night.

RCMP shot the bear.

Also Sunday, two cyclists escaped with minor injuries after being charged by a grizzly bear protecting her cubs in Banff National Park.

The riders noticed the cubs on the trail near Lake Minnewanka on Sunday, but before they could react, the mother bear charged them.

The pair managed to pedal fast enough to outrun the enraged bear. Which again highlights our longstanding advice about grizzly bears. It is not necessary to outrun the bear, you only need to outrun your companion.

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  By feeblemind, Monday, 23 July , 2007 @ 8:27 am

  The “wild” continues to be put back into wilderness.

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