A grizzly bear was “euthanized” by Parks Canada officials after two campers in the Red Deer River Valley area of Banff National Park in Alberta sent a GPS alert saying the bear was getting too close to them at around 8 PM on Friday, the CBC reports. Poor weather hampered the response but the bear was still on scene when officials arrived at approximately 1 AM. Faced with the bear’s “aggressive behavior,” responders made the decision on the spot to put it down, per a statement.
The incident was not caught on body camera so it’s not clear if the rangers fired a warning shot or anything to try to get the bear to leave the campsite. However it should be standard protocol in these sort of situations. They’re just animals, they don’t fucking walk walk around with pistols concealed in their fur. Now a bear is dead and this goddamned Dudley Do-Right is unlikely to face any legal or professional consequences for it. This isn’t conservation, it’s cold-blooded murder.
Oh yeah, the campers were both dead by the time the rangers got there. That was the real lede.