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News Brown Bear Residential area near Shindō-Higashi Station on the Toho Subway Line (Higashi Ward, Sapporo; area spanning three stations from Motomachi to Sakaemachi), Hokkaido Jun 17, 2021, 06:30 PM

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In the early morning of June 18, 2021, a brown bear appeared in a residential area near Shindō-Higashi Station on the Toho Subway Line in Higashi Ward, Sapporo. The bear ran through the city between Motomachi and Sakaemachi stations, attacked four people causing serious and minor injuries, and was culled around 11:15 a.m. after about eight hours of response by police, city staff and hunters.

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

Summary

In the early hours of June 18, 2021, a brown bear appeared in a residential area around the Toho Subway Line in Higashi Ward, Sapporo, running across a span of three stations and attacking four people. After a tense, eight-hour search involving helicopters, police and hunting groups, the bear was culled around 11:15 a.m. The incident was shocking, as it was the first time in 143 years that a bear attacked people in Higashi Ward.

Bear Type

Brown Bear

Number of Bears

1

Provider Type

News

Date & Time

Thursday, June 17, 2021 at 06:30 PM

Address

Residential area near Shindō-Higashi Station on the Toho Subway Line (Higashi Ward, Sapporo; area spanning three stations from Motomachi to Sakaemachi), Hokkaido

Coordinates

43.094267, 141.371628

Sources

https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/a6f8e95bb7ece0ff9fb52a3b50...

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