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Jun 19, 2007 3:44 pm US/Mountain

Family Of Boy Killed By Bear Blames Forest Service

PLEASANT GROVE, Utah (AP) ― The grandfather of a boy killed by a black bear while camping blamed the U.S. Forest Service Tuesday for not getting the word out about an earlier attack.

Before 11-year-old Sam Ives was attacked and killed Sunday night, the same bear had attacked campers in the same spot hours earlier.

Eldon Ives is the boy's grandfather. He told reporters Tuesday that he hoped the Forest Service will do a better job of protecting campers after Sam's death.

He said the violent way his grandson was killed is a sorrow that will never heal.

Sam Ives would have been a 6th grader this fall.

He was camping with his family in American Fork Canyon on Father's Day when a black bear dragged him from their tent and killed him.

(© 2007 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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