Bear shot, killed after girl attacked in Maple Ridge was the right one, officials say
Initially, Maple Ridge RCMP said the bear that was shot in a neighbour's yard was not the same bear, but in an update on Friday, the Conservation Service said it was.
A three-year-old girl, Anaiyah Lekei, was attacked by a bear in Maple Ridge on Sunday, August 9th. The bear clawed and bit the child multiple times on her head, neck, and back. Anaiyah had to be rushed to the hospital for surgery. Her mother, Andrea Lekei, was on the back deck when the bear began its attack. She managed to scare the bear off her daughter, who was pinned underneath the animal and in the process of being mauled.
Her husband and later her father stopped the bleeding with towels while they waited for authorities to arrive. The B.C. Conservation Service recently confirmed that the bear shot and killed was indeed the same bear responsible for the attack, after conducting further investigations and DNA analysis. No other bears were involved in this incident.
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