Shiretoko Plastic Bag Mouth Brown Bear Witness Corona Countermeasures Impact May 16 5:44
This month, a brown bear in a plastic bag was spotted at Shiretoko, a World Natural Heritage site. The Shiretoko Foundation believes that the amount of garbage dumped is increasing due to the removal of the surrounding trash cans as a result of the new coronavirus countermeasures, and is calling to stop such activities.
On the 5th of this month, the Shiretoko Foundation, which conducts nature conservation activities and research in Shiretoko, photographed a brown bear with a plastic bag in the Horobetsu area of Shiretoko. We also found brown bear dung in a plastic bag in another location.
According to the "Shiretoko Foundation", dumping of raw garbage and empty cans has been conspicuous in Shiretoko National Park and its vicinity since April when trash boxes such as convenience stores around the area were removed as a result of new coronavirus measures. is.
Takuya Murakami of the Shiretoko Foundation, who photographed a brown bear in a plastic bag, said, “In Shiretoko, brown bears and other wildlife live near humans. Brown bears who eat the garbage they throw can attack humans. I want you to stop doing this because it will increase the quality. "