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A dog was killed by a black bear in North Vancouver on Friday.

A woman was walking her dachshund along a popular trail in Lynn Headwaters Regional Park when she came across a bear.

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The dog was off-leash when the bear appeared. After a short chase, the bear killed the dog.

It was only after another hiker used a whistle that the bear was scared away.

“It’s very traumatizing for the family,” said Clayton Debruin of B.C.’s Conservation Officer Service.

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“The Conservation Office Service immediately responded and made attempts to locate the bear, which was spotted after the fact by a number of other hikers. Unfortunately, we were unable to locate the juvenile black bear.”

Debruin is asking anyone who sees a bear showing aggression to report it to their Conservation Officer Service hotline at 1-877-952-7277.