Grizzly bear kills mother and 10-month-old baby in Canada

Trapper shot bear dead but found wife and daughter dead outside cabin

Royal Canadian Mounted Police received a call on Monday from trapper Gjermund Roesholt, who said he was returning from a walk when he was charged by a grizzly bear. Stock image: iStock
Royal Canadian Mounted Police received a call on Monday from trapper Gjermund Roesholt, who said he was returning from a walk when he was charged by a grizzly bear. Stock image: iStock

A grizzly bear has killed a woman and her 10-month-old baby in Canada.

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

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

He shot the bear dead, but when he returned to his cabin, he found the bodies of his wife and child just outside.

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Fatal bear attacks are rare in Canada.–AP