Canadian Hunter Survives Fight to Death With Grizzly

A hunter won a fight to the death with a mother grizzly bear by stabbing the animal as she tried to tear him to pieces.

Bob Nichols, 49, of Maple Ridge, near Vancouver, British Columbia, was wounded in the fight and hospitalized in Prince George.

The 880-pound grizzly bled to death after the struggle late last week north of Fort St. James. The animal was with three yearling cubs and another cub a few months old, wildlife officials said.

The bear attacked Nichols near a beaver dam and began chewing on his legs and chest, said Danny Boyd, Nichols’ cousin and hunting companion.

There are an estimated 130,000 grizzly bears in British Columbia, where six people have been killed by bears in the past decade.