HOKKAIDO, Jul 20 (News On Japan) –
A bear culled on July 18th within the southern Hokkaido city of Fukushima has been confirmed by way of DNA testing to match hair discovered on the clothes of a person who died on July twelfth.
The male bear was killed in a residential space of Fukushima, the place officers collected hair samples. According to researchers, the DNA from the bear matches that discovered on the garments of a newspaper deliveryman who was fatally attacked, in addition to different hair samples taken close to the scene.
DNA evaluation additionally revealed that the identical bear was accountable for the loss of life of a lady in her 70s within the city 4 years in the past.
“I feel a bit safer knowing that this bear is no longer around, but we still need to stay cautious in our daily lives,” mentioned a neighborhood resident.
Following the bear’s extermination, Hokkaido authorities downgraded the “brown bear warning” to a lower-level “advisory.”
Source: TBS