Woman killed in rare attack by black bear in remote Alberta forest
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/aug/03/woman-killed-attack-black-bear-remote-alberta-forest
Police in Canada say a 26-year-old woman working as a helicopter engineer in Alberta was killed by a black bear on Saturday, in a rare attack by one of the countrys largest predators.
The woman was mauled by what witnesses believe was an adult black bear in a remote area of north-west Alberta, said police. A co-worker who witnessed the attack helped scare off the bear before calling for help.
She was evacuated by her co-worker on a helicopter and brought back to the Swan Hills airport where they met up with an ambulance, emergency crews, and she was subsequently declared deceased at the airport, RCMP spokesperson Cpl Troy Savinkoff told the Canadian Press. The victims family has asked that she not be identified.
Tree planters hired by private companies to re-forest swaths of the taiga after logging operations are often sent to work in remote, rugged terrain.