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Manitoba Investigates Paddler’s Polar Bear Shooting Death
8/27/2026
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Story summary
- A paddler shot and killed a polar bear at the Seal River mouth in northern Manitoba on Friday.
- Manitoba classifies polar bears as threatened and prohibits any sanctioned hunting.
- Provincial wildlife officials opened an investigation into the shooting.
- Professor Doug Clark said defensive paddler killings of polar bears are unprecedented in Manitoba.
- Guide Garrett Fache noted paddlers often carry shotguns loaded with blanks as deterrents.
