Japan approves ‘emergency’ urban bear shootings

Japan approves ‘emergency’ urban bear shootings

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A brown bear on the loose after injuring four people in Sapporo, Hokkaido prefecture, in 2021. (Photo: AFP)

TOKYO – Japan’s cabinet approved a bill Friday allowing hunters to shoot bears in populated areas at their own discretion after human encounters with the wild an
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