On the morning of the sixteenth, there was a report {that a} bear was sighted close to an elementary faculty in Sapporo, and the police are strengthening patrols and calling consideration to close by residents.
According to the police, round 7:20 am on the sixteenth, a lady who was driving by stated she noticed a bear close to Komaoka Elementary School in Makomanai, Minami-ku, Sapporo City, reported to the police.
The girl described the bear she noticed as being over a meter lengthy and sitting close to a river.
In Shirakawa, Minami Ward, about 6 kilometers away, a person in a automotive reportedly reported that there have been two bears, believed to be a father or mother and youngster, at round 7 am.
According to the police, no traces of bears have been confirmed to this point, however since there’s an elementary faculty close by, the police are strengthening patrols and calling consideration to residents.
In Hokkaido, on the fifteenth, a part of the physique of an individual believed to have been attacked by a bear was discovered on the shores of Lake Shumarinai in Horokanai Town within the north.
Nearby, a 54-year-old man who lives in Hokkaido, who was visiting for fishing, has gone lacking, so police are investigating the chance that the person was attacked by a bear.
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