News Black Bear ZOOMO (Morioka City Zoo), Iwate Jan 16, 2026, 03:00 PM
Location
Description
Iwate Prefecture is moving forward with a plan to train personnel to capture bears in urban areas using dart blowguns loaded with anesthetic. Tsujimoto, director of ZOOMO (Morioka City Zoo), reported being dispatched six times this season and successfully capturing bears on each occasion.
Note: Official sources provide information in Japanese only. This description has been machine translated for your convenience.
Bear Type
Black Bear
Number of Bears
1
Provider Type
News
Date & Time
Friday, January 16, 2026 at 03:00 PM
Address
ZOOMO (Morioka City Zoo), Iwate
Coordinates
39.697257, 141.194315
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Comments (1)
今シーズン6回も出動してるって、それだけ出没が相次いでるということなんだ。
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