News Black Bear Tomoecho, Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Dec 11, 2025, 06:15 AM
Location
Description
On the morning of December 11, 2025, a male bear about 1.5 meters long was spotted in a residential area of Tomoecho, Tsuruoka City; after securing the area authorities carried out an emergency shooting around 08:35 and killed the bear. The same individual was believed to have been sighted in the area in the days prior, and on December 9 a free-roaming dog was found dead after being bitten by a bear.
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
Thursday, December 11, 2025 at 06:15 AM
Address
Tomoecho, Tsuruoka City, Yamagata
Coordinates
38.748489, 139.771355
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Comments (1)
The same bear was in that residential area twice before they had to shoot it on the 11th.
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