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Four grizzly bears, a sow and her three cubs, were killed in British Columbia, Canada, after they fatally attacked Jennifer Balcarras, 48, and her daughter Selah Reed, 20, earlier this month. BBC US and Canada reported the killings. The mother and daughter died after an afternoon walk on a trail in the Bella Coola area. The British Columbia Conservation Office Service investigated, and forensic testing and animal DNA linked the sow and her three offspring to the attack. Inspector Jeff Tyre said on Tuesday that all four bears were destroyed under provincial human-wildlife conflict response guidelines to protect the public, and that the attack likely involved predatory behaviour, which he called very rare. Tyre said DNA testing also ruled out the bears in a 2025 attack on a school group in the same area, where 11 people were injured. Balcarras' brother, Josh, told CBC the two were very close and shared many hobbies. Samuel Schooner, Elected Chief of the Nuxalk Nation, said the attack had been deeply re-triggering for community members still recovering from last year's attack.