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11 people sustained injuries after a grizzly bear attacked a group of schoolchildren and their teachers in British Columbia, Canada.
Two individuals were left in critical condition.
It’s unclear how many of the 11 injured are children.
The attack reportedly happened in Bella Coola, which is approximately 430 miles northwest of Vancouver.
Conservation officials were unable to locate the bear, ABC News noted.
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Eleven people, including children, were injured in a grizzly bear attack that occurred in the small, remote community of Bella Coola in British Columbia, Canada, on Thursday, according to regional and local officials.
Seven people were treated at the scene and four patients… pic.twitter.com/AC4q6OiUoc
— ABC News Live (@ABCNewsLive) November 21, 2025
BBC provided additional info:
A male teacher “got the whole brunt of it” and some children were hit with bear spray as the adults tried to fend off the animal, Veronica Schooner, a parent, told the Canadian Press.
Ms Schooner said her 10-year-old son was part of the school group, though he was not attacked.
“He said that bear ran so close to him, but it was going after somebody else,” she said, adding that “he even felt its fur”.
British Columbia Emergency Health Services told the BBC in a statement that two people were critically injured in the attack, two more were seriously hurt, while seven others were treated at the scene.
Patients had to be transported to a nearby airport so they could be airlifted to the closest hospital, officials said.
The group were from Acwsalcta School, which is run by the Indigenous Nuxalk Nation in the remote town 700km (435 miles) north-west of Vancouver.
CityNews Vancouver reports that the horrific attack is one of several recent incidents involving grizzly bears.
Several recent attacks by grizzly bears — including Thursday’s vicious encounter that injured 11 students and teachers near Bella Coola — may be a reminder that conflicts between the animals and humans are increasing. https://t.co/2oTWaw2YAr
— CityNews Vancouver (@CityNewsVAN) November 22, 2025
NBC News has more:
The B.C. Wildlife Federation, a nonprofit that works toward environmental preservation, said Friday that a 2017 province ban on hunting grizzlies correlates to a rise in such attacks because the bears, plentiful in Bella Coola, have been freer to learn behavior dangerous to humans.
Since the prohibition started, the federation said in a statement Friday, the number of bear reports to the British Columbia Conservation Officer Service has doubled.
“With no hunting pressure, grizzlies and humans will increasingly occupy the same spaces with inevitable consequences,” BC Wildlife Federation Executive Director Jesse Zeman said.
While the federation expressed hope the incident would lead to reconsideration of the hunting ban, Davidson, the province’s parks minister, said it was too soon.
“This is an ongoing live situation where the bear is still at large and the community doesn’t feel safe,” she said. “No considerations just yet.”
At the same time, Davidson said, her ministry hopes the families of those attacked experience “healing and comfort in the coming days.”
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