B.C. man dies weeks after rescuing himself from the jaws of a grizzly bear

Muzammil Hussain October 28, 2025

A middle-aged white man with sunglasses wears a denim jacket and stands outside with a fir tree behind him.

Joe Pendry used his experience as a boxer to fight for his life when a mother grizzly attacked and severely injured him in B.C.'s East Kootenay region earlier this month.

Joe Pendry used his experience as a boxer to fight for his life when a mother grizzly attacked and severely injured him in B.C.'s East Kootenay region earlier this month. A middle-aged white man with sunglasses wears a denim jacket and stands outside with a fir tree behind him.

Joe Pendry used his experience as a boxer to fight for his life when a mother grizzly attacked and severely injured him in B.C.'s East Kootenay region earlier this month.