LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission (AGFC) is still looking for a bear related to the death of a 60-year-old camper, Max Thomas, earlier this month.

DNA from Thomas and from a bear that game and fish had euthanized were sent to a lab at the University of Florida. Those results back today say that the bear that was killed after it was the suspected bear was not the one that killed Thomas.

This is the second bear attack this year. AGFC said the last deadly bear attack in Arkansas occurred before the Game and Fish Commission was even an agency.

With Thursday’s news, they are continuing to search for the bear involved in the attack.

“So, from here, we're going to continue to keep our cameras at the campground. We've also got our traps set up there. We just rebated the

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