Bears in elementary school yard No damage to residents, etc.
One day before dawn, bears witnessed one after another in a residential area in Obihiro City, Hokkaido, and the police were on the lookout. The
Around 2:00 am on the 1st, a man who passed by car witnessed a bear on the road in Nishi 16-jo Minami 31-chome, Obihiro-shi, Hokkaido, and reported to the police.
When the police were looking for whereabouts of bears, at around 3:50 am about two hours later, one bear was walking on the street near Midorigaoka Koban of Obihiro Police Station adjacent to Midorigaoka Park, about 1.6 km away. A police officer witnessed.
According to the police, the sighted bear appears to be the same bear, then moved towards the city center and disappeared, but before 7 am, it was a bear in the school grounds of Obihiro Elementary School, approximately 2 kilometers away from the police box. Has been witnessed.
So far, no damage to residents has been confirmed.
The bear seems to be in the schoolyard of the elementary school as of 8:00 am, and the police, the city, and local hunter association hunters are rushing to the scene and considering the response.