The bear that killed 42-year-old Claudia Huber Saturday after breaking into the dining room of her and her husband’s home is being described by Environment Yukon as a “very old bear” that was in “poor condition.”

Ryan Hennings, manager of enforcement and compliance with Environment Yukon, said this morning that while the male grizzly has been deemed to be in poor condition – weighing 373 lbs. compared to the 450 to 500 lbs. a bear its size would normally weigh – it was not starving.

Its precise age will be determined by information yet to be gathered from a tooth extraction, but Hennings speculated it was more than 25 years old.

A necropsy on the bear’s body has been completed, though it will be another week to 10 days before information gleaned from samples taken from the body will determine whether there was any disease or health conditions of note.

The bear entered Huber and her husband’s home at a side door of their house.

Yukon coroner Kirsten Macdonald said in a statement the bear came onto the South Canol Road property “which alerted the family dog” around 11 a.m. Saturday.

The property sits approximately five kilometres from Johnson’s Crossing.

Huber’s husband went outside to calm the dog and when he noticed the bear approaching, he went back in to get his rifle.

The bear entered the house and when Huber and her husband ran outside, the bear pursued them.

“Ms. Huber suffered serious injuries, the full extent of which will be revealed through an autopsy,” Macdonald noted in a statement, confirming later by phone that the type of injuries will be made public following the autopsy, which is scheduled for later this week.

Huber’s husband shot and killed the bear, then drove Huber to the Teslin Medical Centre.

“Upon arrival at the Teslin Medical Centre, cardio pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) was performed for approximately 25 minutes,” Macdonald stated.

Huber was pronounced dead at 12:10 p.m.

“This is not a typical bear behaviour,” Hennings said, noting the investigation involving Environment Yukon, the coroner’s service and RCMP is being done to determine the course of events Saturday.

He stressed that though this was not typical behaviour for bears, Yukoners need to be aware that bears are “still out there” and manage potential attractants accordingly.