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Man kills grizzly only to find out it had killed his family.

Terrible story.

https://www.foxnews.com/world/mom-b...-bear-at-remote-cabin-in-canada-officials-say

A mother and her 10-month-old daughter were mauled to death by a grizzly bear at a remote cabin in Canada while the 37-year-old woman was on her maternity leave, officials said.

The bodies of Valerie Theoret and her daughter, Adele Roesholt, were discovered around 3 p.m. Monday after the child’s father, Gjermund Roesholt, returned to the Yukon cabin in northwest Canada only to have a grizzly bear charge at him, CBC News reported.

Roesholt shot and killed the animal before discovering Theoret and their daughter dead outside.

"It appears they [Theoret and Adele] had been out for a walk when the incident occurred, sometime between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m.," the Yukon coroner’s office said in a news release.

The family had been spending the last three months at the cabin animal trapping at Einarson Lake prior to the deadly bear attack, CBC News reported. Remy Beaupre, a friend of Theoret, said the school teacher was on maternity leave.

"It was the plan all along to go there and spend a lot of time there, but Valerie couldn't really take a lot of time off because she was a teacher," Beaupre told the news site. "Being on her maternity leave, now was the opportunity for them to all go as a family. So they just took their baby and went out on the trap line.”

Beaupre said the couple, who bought the cabin three years ago, was “well-prepared” for incidents, but added, “you never know.”

"It's a big, big blow. Everybody is totally devastated right now," Beaupré said. "Lots of our friends are gathering tonight to mourn a little bit and support each other a little bit.”
 
So tragic....Such a senseless loss of life that could have been prevented with some common sense wildlife management... The writing was on the wall for this to happen however the government listened to the tree huggers demands that these animals be protected... Sounds like exactly what has happened here in N.J. with our wonderful governor stopping all bear hunting on state owned lands. He promised the anti activists last year that if elected he would close it for public safety reasons... Well hes fulfilling his promise... Let's see if he has the balls to stand behind his decision when someone gets hurt by a bear.. After all we had a hiker killed by a nice cuddly black bear several years ago... Last time I looked bears are pretty high up the food chain...
 
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