Conservation officers shot and killed a black bear late Sunday night after it broke into a Grouse Woods home and ransacked the kitchen.
According to the Ministry of Environment, the bear had found its way into the basement suite of a home on the 5800-block of Nancy Greene Way around 10:30 p.m. The homeowner noticed the sliding glass door pushed open and went in to investigate only to be confronted by the bear.
Officers flushed the bear out of the home and shot it. Neighbours told the North Shore News they heard several shots.
“Bears exhibiting that type of behaviour entering homes do not fit the black bear response matrix for relocation. It would be extremely unsafe to leave the bear in the neighbourhood exhibiting that type of behaviour,” read a ministry statement.
Officers estimate the bear weighed 180 kilograms (400 lbs.) and report that it was a non-lactating female. The same bear was tranquilized, tagged and relocated in October 2011 when it was found lumbering around Central Lonsdale (although it was thought to be male at that time.)
It was the only black bear killed on the North Shore since April of this year.
