Fish and Wildlife investigating grizzly death near Swan Hills

Alberta Fish and Wildlife Enforcement Services is investigating the death of a grizzly bear near Swan Hills.

FWES says they were called to a lease road 20 km north of Swan Hills on Sept. 30 and arrived to find a grizzly had been shot and was left lying on the side of a road that runs parallel to the Swan River.

Photo Courtesy AB Fish & Wildlife (Image Credit: Photo Courtesy AB Fish & Wildlife)

Based on eyewitness reports, Fish and Wildlife believe the grizzly was killed between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. that day.