{"id":852565,"date":"2026-08-10T04:26:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T04:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/852565\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T04:26:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T04:26:11","slug":"3-year-old-girl-hospitalized-after-maple-ridge-b-c-bear-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/852565\/","title":{"rendered":"3-year-old girl hospitalized after Maple Ridge, B.C., bear attack"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A bear attack in Maple Ridge, B.C., on Sunday has left a three-year-old girl in hospital.<\/p>\n

Maple Ridge RCMP said the attack happened around 11:30 a.m. PT, outside the girl’s home on 240 Street near 124 Avenue.<\/p>\n

According to the B.C. Conservation Officer Service, the girl was playing on the deck in her family’s back yard when the attack happened. <\/p>\n

A parent intervened and chased the bear away, it added. <\/p>\n

The RCMP said in a statement the girl was taken to hospital via air ambulance “out of an abundance of caution due to her age.”<\/p>\n

“She is currently in hospital with non-life-altering injuries.”<\/p>\n

\"ThreeRCMP at the scene of a bear attack in Maple Ridge on Sunday, Aug. 9, 2026. (Shane MacKichan)<\/p>\n

Police said the bear showed a “high degree of interest” in the area, returning several times while officers were on site.<\/p>\n

Around noon, officers encountered the bear and shot it, “to protect public safety,” as “the bear had showed signs of aggression and already attacked a small child,” the RCMP said. <\/p>\n

The bear was hit, and fled into a wooded area, police said. <\/p>\n

A B.C. Conservation Officer Service predator attack team has taken over efforts to track the bear.<\/p>\n

People in the surrounding area are being advised to stay alert and stay indoors. <\/p>\n

Anyone who sees the bear is asked to contact the B.C. Conservation Officer Service at 1-877-952-7277.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":852566,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[49,48,44],"class_list":["post-852565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/852565","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=852565"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/852565\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/852566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=852565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=852565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=852565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}