VIDEO: 3 year old mauled by bear in Maple Ridge<\/p>\n
Published 2:35 pm Sunday, August 9, 2026<\/p>\n
A three-year-old girl was airlifted to hospital after she was mauled by a bear in Maple Ridge.<\/p>\n
The incident happened on a residential property at 11:30 a.m. in the 12300 block of 240 Street on Sunday morning, Aug. 9.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The child was transported to hospital via air ambulance \u201cout of an abundance of caution due to her age\u201d an RCMP statement said.<\/p>\n
She is currently in hospital with non-life-altering injuries. <\/p>\n
While officers were on scene, the bear returned to the residence and the immediate area multiple times, showing a high degree of interest in the location. <\/p>\n
Around noon officers came into contact with the bear. <\/p>\n
\u201cAs the bear had showed signs of aggression and already attacked a small child, officers made the decision to discharge a firearm in an effort to protect public safety in the immediate area\u201d RCMP said.<\/p>\n
The bear was struck but continued to flee into a wooded area.<\/p>\n
BC Conservation Officers arrived on scene and were assisted by RCMP officers. <\/p>\n
At approximately 12:40pm, 240 Street was blocked from 123 Avenue to 125 Avenue.<\/p>\n
BC Conservation Officers continue to make assessments and evaluations to track the bear and have the lead on acquiring the aggressive animal.<\/p>\n
Officials continue to advise the public in the surrounding area to be aware and stay indoors. <\/p>\n
Anyone with further sightings or to report an any aggressive or threatening bear is asked to contact the BC Conservation Officer Service at 1-877-952-7277 (RAPP).<\/p>\n
While wildlife encounters are not uncommon in Maple Ridge, officials take this opportunity to remind residents to stay vigilant and use precaution around all types of wildlife. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"VIDEO: 3 year old mauled by bear in Maple Ridge Published 2:35 pm Sunday, August 9, 2026 A…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":852372,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-852567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/852567","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=852567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/852567\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/852372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=852567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=852567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=852567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}