One of the first grizzly bears to be reported on the Sunshine Coast in decades has been captured by conservation officers.

The 700-pound bear seen in a viral video was caught in a trap laid by the B.C. Conservation Officer Service on Thursday, and was immobilized so it can be transported.

The bear was snared on a property where it had been seen earlier in the week, and was transported by helicopter.

Conservation officials cannot provide the exact location of rerelease, but said it was moved to a "remote coastal site" near a river populated by salmon. It was inspected before being released, and appeared to be healthy, officials said.

The service has been trying to catch the bear all week, after seeing it in video shot by a Sechelt resident and posted to Facebook. The bear was filmed at Elk House Farm munching on grass or berries as Andy the dog barks in its face and circles the bruin, occasionally looking back at its owner who filmed the confrontation. The bear seems uninterested in the dog, sitting and eventually lying down without looking at the tail-wagging troublemaker.

The video was posted to Facebook by the farm, and has since been viewed more than 60,000 times, and shared more than 1,000.

Grizzlies like the one in the footage are "very rare" in parts of the coast populated by humans, according to the B.C. Conservation Officer Service.

In addition to the ursine visitor to the Sechelt farm, Sgt. Dean Miller said only one other grizzly has been reported on the Sunshine Coast in the last 50 years.

The other sighting was reported last month, when a bear was shot by a hobby farmer in Egmont.

"We do know of small grizzly bear populations in more remote river valleys but have normally not crossed the ocean inlet and mountain barriers that separate us," Miller told CTV News on Wednesday.

"Considering that coastal grizzly bears avoid human activity, we are asking ourselves what environment or ecological factors have caused these grizzlies to disperse to an area with considerable human activity."

Miller said they set out traps for the bear hoping to catch and relocate it, but that there had been no sightings this week, indicating the bear may have moved on to a less populated area.

But on Thursday morning, the bear was found in the small village on the lower Sunshine Coast.

Miller said officers are hopeful they will be successful in their relocation, since the population of grizzlies is small in the South Coast. Conservationists hope to reestablish the population back to what it once was.

Residents of the area, and of parts of the province where grizzlies and other bears have been spotted, are advised to keep all food attractants (like garbage) locked up and inaccessible.

Grizzlies are no more dangerous than black bears, Miller said, and cases of humans being attacked by grizzlies are very rare in B.C.

Anyone who sees a grizzly in Sechelt or the surrounding area is asked to contact officials at 1-877-952-7277.