News Black Bear Kamitomai, Ninohe City, Iwate Dec 10, 2025, 11:15 AM

Description

Around 04:30 on the 8th, an adult male bear was found inside a cowshed at Omori Farm in Kamitomai, Ninohe City. On December 10 at about 11:15 a.m., the bear was captured using a tranquilizer gun during an emergency shooting and then culled; it was about 1.2 m long and weighed roughly 60 kg, and some 60 cattle were unharmed.

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Summary

An adult male bear that had stayed inside a cowshed in Ninohe since the early morning of the 8th was captured and culled on the morning of the 10th using a tranquilizer gun after box-trap attempts failed. The operation — the prefecture's fourth emergency shooting — caused no harm to about 60 cattle; the bear was about 1.2 m long and weighed around 60 kg.

Bear Type

Black Bear

Number of Bears

1

Provider Type

News

Date & Time

Wednesday, December 10, 2025 at 11:15 AM

Address

Coordinates

40.267760, 141.163861

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