'Almost every day': Japan battles spike in bear attacks
Japan's northeastern Tohoku region faces a record 13 bear fatalities since April and over 100 injuries, prompting military support and expanded culling efforts to protect residents.
- Japan has had more than 100 bear attacks since April, with a record 13 people killed, government data shows.
- In the town of Kitaakita, a bear pinned down and mauled a 68-year-old man, leaving him with deep gashes and bite marks before running off.
- Bear sightings in Akita have jumped sixfold to more than 8,000 this year due to depopulation and overgrown areas providing cover and food for the bears.
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Incidents caused by animals, approaching homes and supermarkets, are reported almost daily.
‘Almost every day’: Japan battles spike in bear attacks
The sense of fear is palpable in parts of northern Japan, where some locals have fastened bells to their bags hoping the noise will keep bears away, while signs warn people to be on guard. The animals have killed a record 13 across the country since April, with a steady flow of reports of bears entering homes, roaming near schools and rampaging in supermarkets. “We hear news almost every day about people being attacked or injured,” said 28-year-…
Bears roam towns ‘almost every day’ as Japan faces deadly surge
KITA-AKITA (Japan), Nov 8 — The sense of fear is palpable in parts of northern Japan, where some locals have fastened bells to their bags hoping the noise will keep bears away, while signs warn people to be on guard.The animals have killed a record 13 across the country since April, with a steady flow of reports of bears entering homes, roaming near schools and rampaging in supermarkets.“We hear news almost every day about people being attacked …
'Almost every day': Japan battles spike in bear attacks
The sense of fear is palpable in parts of northern Japan, where some locals have fastened bells to their bags hoping the noise will keep bears away, while signs warn people to be on guard.
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