Two encounters with bears in the Lower Mainland have left a young girl injured while North Shore officers are searching for a second bear.

The West Vancouver Police Department stated that after 9:30 a.m. today (August 15), emergency crews responded to reports of a man screaming in a forested area along the west bank of the Capilano River, near the Cleveland Dam.

Officers found a 35-year-old man who had run away from an encounter with a bear.

The man told officers that he had initially mistaken the bear for a dog. He tried to scare it away with loud noises but it continued to approach him. When he turned to run, the bear followed him.

The man only suffered from some scratches on his leg when he slipped and fell while running from the bear.

The BC Conservation Officer Service is searching for the bear.

Trails in the area have been temporarily closed until further notice.

Meanwhile, a 10-year-old girl is in hospital in stable condition after a bear attack in Port Coquitlam on August 13.

The girl, who was hiking with her father, was attacked by a female black bear with her cub near Shaughnessy Street and Lincoln Avenue around 5 p.m.

Conservation officers killed the sow when they found her as she would not leave the area.

The orphaned cub was tranquilized and has been taken to a rehabilitation facility.