[marktwain]

Men with knives can kill big bears, but they usually suffer serious injuries during the execution.

[marktwain]

Ping for defense against bear with a knife.

[Libloather]

...the 1.7-meter-tall bear...

[ArtDodger]

Interesting how the attack is partially blamed on the depopulation of the villages as the general population declines, as opposed to here in the states where increasing pops are blamed for encroachment and forced contact with bears as reasons for increased attacks.
Darned if ya do and darned if ya don’t.

[Dr. Franklin]

. It seems likely the attack was prompted because the bear was defending the food cache it had made of the body of a hiker it had killed on October 29.

Bears can climb steep rock faces much better than humans. This bear learned that it could prey on humans climbing up the mountain, and will continue to do so unless killed or removed from this place. This is a good reason not to climb mountains in Japan, especially without a large caliber firearm.

[Flag_This]

”People need to find ways to coexist with bears and other wild animals, said Dr Mariko Abe of The Nature Conservation Society of Japan.”

Maybe we can negotiate, create a two-state solution.

[Farmerbob]

Local police believe that Kanato Yanaike attempted to grin the bear to death but lost his concentration.

[ConservativeMind]

Bear meat tastes quite good.

[SJackson]

Outdoors/Rural/wildlife/hunting/hiking/backpacking/National Parks/animals list please FR mail me to be on or off . And ping me is you see articles of interest.

[wgmalabama]

If that bear didn’t have a taste meat bag hidden, those hikers would have been the cache.

[gundog]

Self-defense, or senseless Halloween tragedy....?

[Silentgypsy]

Shades of kanawa!