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Steerpike

(2,693 posts) Thu Nov 29, 2018, 11:26 AM Nov 2018

Grizzly bear kills woman and baby in Yukon

https://www.ktva.com/story/39556013/grizzly-bear-kills-woman-and-baby-in-yukon

WHITEHORSE, Yukon (AP) - A grizzly bear has killed a woman and her 10-month-old baby in Canada.

The Yukon Coroner's Service says 37-year-old Valerie Theoret and infant Adele Roesholt died in the attack in the Yukon near the Northwest Territories border.

Coroner Heather Jones says Royal Canadian Mounted Police received a call Monday from trapper Gjermund Roesholt, who said he was returning from a walk when he was charged by a grizzly bear about 100 meters from a cabin he shared with his wife and infant daughter.

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Grizzly bear kills woman and baby in Yukon (Original Post) Steerpike Nov 2018 OP

Beyond cilla4progress Nov 2018 #1

Living in grizzly country has its risks Fullduplexxx Nov 2018 #2

One can get killed anywhere...the mall, the street, in your home... Ferrets are Cool Nov 2018 #3

That's sad. 2naSalit Nov 2018 #4

cilla4progress

(25,908 posts)

1. Beyond

Reply to Steerpike (Original post)

Thu Nov 29, 2018, 11:29 AM

Nov 2018

tragic.

Fullduplexxx

(8,265 posts)

2. Living in grizzly country has its risks

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Thu Nov 29, 2018, 11:36 AM

Nov 2018

Ferrets are Cool

(21,957 posts)

3. One can get killed anywhere...the mall, the street, in your home...

Reply to Steerpike (Original post)

Thu Nov 29, 2018, 11:53 AM

Nov 2018

some places are more dangerous than others, but there are NO completely safe places.

2naSalit

(92,705 posts)

4. That's sad.

Reply to Steerpike (Original post)

Thu Nov 29, 2018, 12:00 PM

Nov 2018

I live in grizzly territory in the lower 48, I keep bear spray by the door and look outside before opening the door. Have baby griz nose prints on my front door. But I am also a retired outreach and education about nears and your safety worker for the gov't.

A bear is a bear is a bear, no matter which kind.

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