Around 2:30 pm on the 31st, two men who were conducting an ecological survey of bears were attacked by bears and injured their heads and arms on a mountain road in Nishi-ku, Sapporo.

The police are investigating the detailed situation because they are all conscious.

Around 2:30 pm on the 31st, the fire department and police were notified that "a bear was attacked in the mountains" at Mt. Sankaku in Yamanote, Nishi-ku, Sapporo.



According to the police, a total of five bears, including city officials and outsourced officials, were conducting an ecological survey of bears and were suddenly bitten by a bear that came out of the burrow.



Two male employees in their 40s and 50s were injured in their heads and arms, respectively, but they are both conscious.



The bear has escaped down the slope.



According to the police, in March, a nearby resident reported that there was a bear burrow, and he visited the investigation on the 31st.



The site is a mountain with a residential area extending to the foot of the mountain, and police are investigating the situation in detail and calling attention to the local residents.