Search for Grizzly Behind ‘Extraordinary Attack’ on BC School Group Is Called Off

Search for Grizzly Behind ‘Extraordinary Attack’ on BC School Group Is Called Off
A B.C. conservation officer measures a footprint in the mud during the search in Bella Coola on Nov. 22, 2025, for a bear that attacked a group of children and their teachers. The Canadian Press/Handout—B.C. Conservation Officer Service
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Conservation officers in British Columbia are no longer actively trying to capture the grizzly bear responsible for last month’s “extraordinary attack” on a group of schoolchildren and teachers that left four with severe injuries.

A statement from the B.C. Conservation Officer Service on Friday said DNA and other forensic evidence had ruled out the involvement of four bears that were captured on Wednesday.