{"id":36881,"date":"2025-07-31T12:50:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T12:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/36881\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T12:50:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T12:50:10","slug":"woman-uses-bear-spray-to-save-husbands-life-in-canada-grizzly-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/36881\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman uses bear spray to save husband\u2019s life in Canada grizzly attack"},"content":{"rendered":"

A woman used bear spray to save her husband\u2019s life in a grizzly bear attack on a Canadian<\/a> trail.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, the couple was e-biking along the Kootenay River when they encountered two grizzly bears, according to British Columbia\u2019s Conservation Officer Service.<\/p>\n

The woman had heard her husband scream and then saw a grizzly bear running at her, officials say.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe used bear spray and then noticed a second grizzly bear attacking her husband. She again used bear spray and both bears ran off,\u201d the Conservation Officer Service wrote<\/a> in a Facebook post last Sunday.<\/p>\n

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A woman used bear spray to save her husband\u2019s life after a grizzly bear, not pictured, attacked him on a Canadian trail (Jean-Francois Monier\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

The man was left with \u201csignificant injuries\u201d and taken to a hospital for surgery, according to officials.<\/p>\n

Officials swept the area twice but no bears were seen. Three major trails in the area were closed off and traps were set.<\/p>\n

In a follow-up post<\/a> Monday, the Conservation Officer Service found the grizzly bear attack was \u201cdefensive in nature.\u201d<\/p>\n

They said the couple \u201clikely startled the two bears in a surprise encounter on a corner of the trail, which is bordered by thick brush.\u201d<\/p>\n

Officials found no evidence the bears were stalking or hunting the couple, leading officials to choose not to \u201ccapture or dispatch the bears.\u201d<\/p>\n

The trails remained closed \u201cas a precautionary measure\u201d at the time of the follow-up post.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese people were well-prepared. They had bear spray, had it readily accessible, and knew how to use it,\u201d Conservation Officer Service Inspector Dave Webster said in the follow-up post. \u201cWe\u2019d like to recognize these actions and encourage anyone hiking, biking or recreating in bear country to take similar precautions.\u201d<\/p>\n

The National Park Service says bear attacks are rare, but warns to take precautions by distancing yourself from the animals.<\/p>\n

\"Officials<\/p>\n

Officials say the grizzly attack was \u2018defensive in nature\u2019 (Parks Canada\/Dan Rafla)<\/p>\n

If you are attacked by a grizzly bear, the service says to \u201cplay dead.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cLay \ufb02at on your stomach with your hands clasped behind your neck. Spread your legs to make it harder for the bear to turn you over,\u201d the service writes on its website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If the bear continues to attack, the service advises you to fight back.<\/p>\n

\u201cUse whatever you have at hand to hit the bear in the face,\u201d the service writes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A woman used bear spray to save her husband\u2019s life in a grizzly bear attack on a Canadian…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36882,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[27255,49,48,27254,6190,66,323],"class_list":{"0":"post-36881","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-bear-spray","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-conservation-officer-service","12":"tag-grizzly-bear","13":"tag-science","14":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36881","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=36881"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36881\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}