Bear attacks are rising in Japan. Aging hunters are on the front line
By Sakura Murakami, Adolfo Arranz and Han Huang SUNAGAWA, Japan (Reuters) - A gunshot rang out on a recent morning in a meadow in northern Japan. The brown bear slumped in the cage, watched by a handful of city officials and hunters.
Bear attacks worker, ransacks meat section in Japan supermarket rampage
A bear that ran amok in a supermarket in northern Japan has been caught two days after it attacked a worker, the latest in a surge of encounters between bears and people in the country.
Bear that ransacked Japanese supermarket killed after two-day hunt
A rogue bear that terrorised a supermarket in northeastern Japan was captured and killed after a two-day hunt that ended on 2 December. The animal attacked an employee and scavenged through the store’s meat section before eluding authorities for about 48 hours.
Meet the aging hunters battling bears in rural Japan
STORY: In rural Japan a gunshot rings out. A bear slumps in a cage."This brown bear got too close to a human community. It wasn't right here but over that way in the middle of the town and on the roads close by.
Bear killed after 3-day standoff with authorities at Japanese supermarket, where he mauled worker
Local authorities killed a bear that mauled a supermarket employee in Japan after the bruin emerged from the store following a three-day standoff. On Saturday, a 47-year-old Itoku worker in Akita was taken to the hospital for nonfatal injuries to his face and body after he was attacked by a bear while working in the grocery store’s delicatessen before it opened.
Bear rampaging through Japanese supermarket for 2 days is lured out with honey, then killed
A bear that rampaged through a Japanese supermarket for two days was lured out with food coated in honey, local officials ...
Bear Killed After Spending 2 Days Inside a Supermarket Ransacking Meat Department and Attacking Worker
The bear’s capture and death marked the end of an ordeal that first began on Saturday, Nov. 30, when the animal entered the ...
Bear that mauled supermarket employee and started two-day standoff caught in honey trap
A 47-year-old deli worker was attacked by a bear while setting up his counter on Saturday morning, sparking a lengthy ...
Bear that mauled deli worker and sparked 45-hour standoff caught in honey trap
A bear that mauled a supermarket worker after breaking into a store in Japan has been caught after a two-day standoff with ...
Wild bear trapped and killed after two-day standoff in Japan supermarket
TOKYO: A two-day ordeal involving a rogue bear in a supermarket in north-eastern Japan ended on Monday (Dec 2) when ...
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Bear killed after 2-day rampage through northeast Japan supermarket
A bear was trapped and killed Monday after a two-day stay in a northeastern Japan supermarket, police said, ending an ...
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A sticky end: Honey trap ends bear’s supermarket spree in Japan but mercy is off the table
A bear that rampaged through a Japanese supermarket for two days was lured out with food coated in honey, trapped and due to ...