- Dozens of hunters, police officers and city officials are participating in the search for the bear.
- A bear or several individuals were spotted at least ten times in different parts of the city.
In the Japanese city of Ucunomiya, north of Tokyo, almost a hundred primary and secondary schools had to be closed on Monday, as a bear roamed the streets for the third day. Dozens of people are currently searching for the animal. TASR informs about it based on the AFP report.
“We have sent vehicles to the areas where the bear was spotted to alert people and ask them to stay at home or in their cars,” a city official told AFP, adding that dozens of hunters, police and local officials are looking for the animal.
The beast was spotted in the city of 500,000 at least ten times over the weekend, the first on Saturday morning. At the moment, it is not clear whether it is only one bear or several individuals.
On Saturday, he was spotted in a residential area and a day later in a shopping arcade, as well as in a park, near a high school and an elementary school. Early on Monday morning, residents saw a bear near one of the wholesalers. said a city representative.
In recent years, a record number of bears have been spotted in Japan, and there have also been dozens of attacks on people, especially in urban areas. Last year, bears killed a total of 13 people and the authorities recorded 50,000 sightings.
