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Multiple bear attacks in Japan have led to injuries and school disruptions, causing authorities to implement safety drills featuring simulated encounters and medical response training.
According to the Anchorage Police Department, the victim is a 67-year-old woman who is in stable condition after she was rescued with a helicopter Tuesday and brought to a hospital. “She sustained injuries to her head, neck and arm,” APD spokesman Christopher Barraza wrote in an email Wednesday.
Wildlife authorities in Wisconsin continued to search for a black bear who they say attacked and severely injured a 69-year-old woman near Comstock.
Following the recent attacks across Japan, the police in Tochigi Prefecture, approximately 100 km north of Tokyo, and the local hunters club conducted a bear drill on Monday.
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A hunter in his 50s was reported as missing by a friend in Hokkaido, Japan, on July 15. His disappearance comes shortly after a brown bear was spotted in the area, amid Japan having to deal with a rising number of bear attacks and the issuing of a bear warning.
When the Wisconsin DNR and USDA arrived at the property after the attack, they found only one black bear cub in a tree, but there was no sign of the mother. Since the attack, they have been using a hound dog and traps to try and find the bear who mauled the woman.
Following the recent attacks across Japan, the police in Tochigi Prefecture, approximately 100 km north of Tokyo, and the local hunters club conducted a bear drill on Monday.
A hunter vanished in Japan near a recent brown bear sighting — just 75 miles from a town that declared its first-ever bear emergency, fueling fears he was mauled in a chilling attack. The unidentified man was reported missing by a friend on Mt.