News Black Bear Daigo Elementary School, Yokote, Akita Dec 2, 2025, 07:30 AM

Description

A single bear entered a shed on the grounds of an vacant house in Daigo, Hiraka-cho, Yokote and was spotted in the morning. The city set up a box trap, then around midday used anesthetic darts (blowpipe) to immobilize and capture the bear, which was subsequently euthanized (reported as a male about 1.3 m long, 113 kg).

Note: Official sources provide information in Japanese only. This description has been machine translated for your convenience.

Summary

On the morning of December 2 a bear took up residence in a shed on the grounds of a vacant house in Daigo, near Daigo Elementary School in Yokote. City and police set up a box trap and kept the area under watch; around midday the animal was immobilized with anesthetic darts, captured and later euthanized. No injuries were reported.

Bear Type

Black Bear

Number of Bears

1

Provider Type

News

Date & Time

Tuesday, December 2, 2025 at 07:30 AM

Address

Coordinates

39.250466, 140.534497

Sources