The Tla’amin First Nation says community members and guardians were working on a co-ordinated relocation effort with two other First Nations before the bear was “illegally shot, maimed and killed.”

As people continue to mourn the loss of a wayward grizzly on an island off the B.C. coast, many are left wondering why the bear wasn't relocated to avoid what some say was its certain fate. In fact, despite the province's repeated claims that the bear had already been moved twice and thus wasn't a good candidate for relocation,

The bear, which has been on the island for more than a month, was allegedly shot by a member of the public in the Van Anda area on Texada’s north end.