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Well, relatively quiet anyway.

Just saw an interview with the guy from Dept. of Wildlife. I guess they're still not sure if the bear was hit by the one person who shot at it, but they've been trying to find it with hounds. They're apparently calling that off now and are using traps.

There could be 500 bears in the area, finding this one bear is a long shot. But like in Jaws, the public will be pleased if they can see a picture of a dead bear if they can just pretend they know it's the right one.

Unfortunately, they'll probably know soon enough if they got the wrong bear, because the "right" bear will probably be back if it's still alive. A bear that just goes into a camping area is probably one that has lost it's fear of humans and views them as a food source. It's probably either been fed by people, or it's discovered that foraging through human garbage is an easy source of food. At any rate, that bear is now a menace, and will end up being destroyed at some point. Hopefully, it won't take another child before it is destroyed.

We have the same problem with alligators in Florida. There's a reason why you don't feed these things.