In Japan, bears are increasingly attacking people – what are the reasons – World

In Japan, the alarm is sounding because of more frequent bear attacks on people, which few retired hunters can resist.

In Japan, the problem of wild bears, which has already acquired a national character, is becoming more and more serious every year. Due to the rapid increase in population, they increasingly enter settlements, destroy crops and attack people and livestock.

Reuters writes about it.

From March 2023 to March 2024, the Japanese authorities recorded a record 219 attacks on people, in six cases the encounter with a bear was fatal for a person. In the same 12 months, Japanese hunters killed more than 9,000 black and brown bears.

How many bears in Japan

Two types of bears attack people and livestock:

• Japanese black bear (Ursus thibetanus japonicus) – height 120-140 cm, weight 40-130 kg;
• Hokkaido brown bear (Ursus arctos yesoensis) – height 150-230 cm, weight 120-400 kg.

These live…