A bear was euthanized after wandering into a residential area of Prince Albert (Submitted Photo/Aileen Abramyk)

By paNOW Staff

Bear in the City

Bear euthanized after entering P.A. city limits

Oct 4, 2022 | 3:43 PM

Prince Albert police had to euthanize a black bear due to public safety concerns in a residential neighbourhood.

According to a media release, the animal was within city limits around midnight Monday. It was first located in the 1300 block of Second Avenue West and after hopping a number of sheds and fences, would end up in Aileen Abramyk’s backyard. She recalled for paNOW a feeling of being startled at the sight of half a dozen police vehicles outside her house.

“And then I heard shots fired and I swear I hit the floor so fast because I didn’t know what was going on,” she said.

Moments later, Abramyk realized there was in fact a bear in her backyard. She explained it appeared the bear had first climbed over her garage and was in the tree when it was shot.

“It is sad and I mean it’s unfortunate because there’s really nothing else they would have been able to do because they were concerned about the bear hurting people and it was the middle of the night,” she said.

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Abramyk’s young children were fast asleep at the time of the strange encounter, and Abramyk explained she was not going to tell them what happened, fearing they would not want to play in the backyard anymore.

Police have confirmed there were no injuries to officers or members of the public.

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