A 3-year-old girl is in the hospital after being attacked by an adult black bear in British Columbia. A necropsy of another bear killed in the area confirmed the offending bear is still at large. is home to 120,000 to 160,000 black bears, about one quarter of Canada’s black bears. Authorities Are Not Attempting to Capture the BearThe government does keep an annual log of known black bear deaths. It tallied a 15-year-low for British Columbia with 240 black bears killed or euthanized (does not include hunting) in 2025.