News Brown Bear Misawa, Tomakomai City, Hokkaido, Hokkaido Dec 8, 2025, 06:00 AM

Description

At around 06:00 on December 8, 2025, an employee at a ranch in Misawa, Tomakomai City found a sheep lying with its internal organs eaten after noticing a congregation of crows. The ranch had a fence about 1.5 meters high, but police suspect a bear jumped over the fence to enter and attack, and have stepped up vigilance.

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

Summary

On the morning of December 8 a sheep was found with its internal organs eaten at a ranch in Misawa, Tomakomai. The ranch keeps about 60 sheep and horses and had a roughly 1.5 m fence, but police suspect a bear may have jumped the fence and have heightened vigilance.

Bear Type

Brown Bear

Number of Bears

1

Provider Type

News

Date & Time

Monday, December 8, 2025 at 06:00 AM

Address

Coordinates

42.762231, 141.689577

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