News Black Bear Kanomizu district, Oguni Town, Yamagata Prefecture, Yamagata Oct 21, 2025, 02:00 AM
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In the early morning of October 21, 2025, a single bear broke through the wire mesh of a chicken coop inside a vinyl greenhouse at Yoichi Watanabe's home in the Kanomizu district of Oguni Town, Yamagata. Night-vision camera footage shows the bear attacked 34 of 36 chicks over about 17 minutes from just after 2:00 a.m., then exited where it had entered.
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
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News
Date & Time
Tuesday, October 21, 2025 at 02:00 AM
Address
Kanomizu district, Oguni Town, Yamagata Prefecture, Yamagata
Coordinates
37.993669, 139.802685
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