{"id":267156,"date":"2025-11-07T05:57:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T05:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/267156\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T05:57:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T05:57:13","slug":"polar-bear-killed-after-6-visits-to-grise-fiord","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/267156\/","title":{"rendered":"Polar bear killed after 6 visits to Grise Fiord"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Resident describes Halloween fright as animal arrives after kids were done trick-or-treating<\/p>\n<p>Grise Fiord residents got a Halloween fright last weekend when a polar bear wandered into the community.<\/p>\n<p>The bear, however, was shot and killed by a local hunter after it came back Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Rhoda Akeeagok had been out trick-or-treating with her niece and her niece\u2019s kids Friday night. After they went home, she heard there was a polar bear in town.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was exciting,\u201d she said in an interview.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really wanted to see the bear, watch the bear safely, so I recorded from the back of the truck.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In Akeeagok\u2019s video, the bear can be seen in an area around town where people park their boats and sleds.<\/p>\n<p>A wildlife officer can be heard firing bear bangers, non-lethal explosive devices, at the beast in an attempt to scare it away.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/nunatsiaq.com\/ads\/251010-legislative-assembly\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"373\" height=\"331\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1762495031_463_A-14610.93.gif\" class=\"no-lazy-load wp-post-image\" title=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt seemed like the bear wasn\u2019t afraid of the bear bangers, but the bear was chased away,\u201d Akeeagok said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter he got hit by a bear banger, he ran away, and then he came back the other night.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Akeeagok saw the bear again on Monday night while at a friend\u2019s house. She filmed it from the porch.<\/p>\n<p>This time, a hunter shot the bear, and Akeeagok was able to walk home safely.<\/p>\n<p>That polar bear came into town six times over four days, said Jalen Tagoona, the Department of Environment\u2019s communications manager. Conservation officers responded each time with bear bangers and rubber slugs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately, despite these efforts, the bear would return,\u201d Tagoona said.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/nunatsiaq.com\/ads\/251107-war-amps\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"373\" height=\"331\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/251107.100.94-1.png\" class=\"no-lazy-load wp-post-image\" title=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe bear was shot by a local hunter and recorded as a regular kill and was harvested approximately 200 yards from the beach in front of the community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This bear appeared to be interested in a narwhal that was harvested in the summer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is important that the public be mindful of attractants like meat caches, carcasses and local dumps,\u201d Tagoona said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProper disposal and\/or storing of these attractants are [an] important key to safety, prevention and limiting potential human-wildlife conflicts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grise Fiord, Nunavut\u2019s northernmost and smallest community with a population of around 150, has signs posted around the community warning that polar bears and muskox may be in the area.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/nunatsiaq.com\/ads\/2025-desgagnes_annual\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"373\" height=\"331\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025_annual_Desgagnes.png\" class=\"no-lazy-load wp-post-image\" title=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Akeeagok said she\u2019s glad this bear didn\u2019t show up until after the kids were home from trick-or-treating.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was hungry and there\u2019s dogs that are chained up and there\u2019s children that play outside and people that walk like myself,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt wasn\u2019t safe with a bear.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Resident describes Halloween fright as animal arrives after kids were done trick-or-treating Grise Fiord residents got a Halloween&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":267157,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[49,48,295,66],"class_list":["post-267156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-environment","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=267156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267156\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/267157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=267156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=267156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=267156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}