Guest guest Posted May 8, 2001 Report Share Posted May 8, 2001 http://mdn.mainichi.co.jp/news/20010507p2a00m0dm013000c.html Killer bear shot in Sapporo May 08, 2001 Mainichi Shimbun SAPPORO -- A brown bear that mauled a man to death on a Sapporo mountain was killed by hunters Monday near the location where it buried its victim, police said. Kenzo Kudo, a 53-year-old from Sapporo's Toyohira-ku, was reported missing Sunday night after he went out to pick wild vegetables on a mountain in Jozankei valley in the city's Minami-ku. On Monday morning, a police search team, accompanied by hunters, entered the mountain from a road where Kudo's family members found his abandoned car the previous day. They spotted a brown bear roaming some 300 meters from the car and shot it dead. Kudo's body was found buried nearby, police said. He was mauled on the head and there were bite marks on his legs. It is believed that the bear dug a cache and hid Kudo's body there after killing him. The male bear, estimated to be 5 or 6 years old, was about two meters in height and weighed 130 kilograms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 8, 2001 Report Share Posted May 8, 2001 How can the police/hunters be sure they killed the bear they were after?? Or is killing a bear, any bear, for revenge, what this is about? I really think I may have missed something here. Chris - " Miyaji, Masako " <MiyajiM Monday, May 07, 2001 6:00 PM (JA) Killer bear shot in Sapporo > http://mdn.mainichi.co.jp/news/20010507p2a00m0dm013000c.html > > Killer bear shot in Sapporo > > May 08, 2001 > Mainichi Shimbun > > SAPPORO -- A brown bear that mauled a man to death on a Sapporo mountain was > killed by hunters Monday near the location where it buried its victim, > police said. > > Kenzo Kudo, a 53-year-old from Sapporo's Toyohira-ku, was reported missing > Sunday night after he went out to pick wild vegetables on a mountain in > Jozankei valley in the city's Minami-ku. > > On Monday morning, a police search team, accompanied by hunters, entered the > mountain from a road where Kudo's family members found his abandoned car the > previous day. > > They spotted a brown bear roaming some 300 meters from the car and shot it > dead. > > Kudo's body was found buried nearby, police said. He was mauled on the head > and there were bite marks on his legs. > > It is believed that the bear dug a cache and hid Kudo's body there after > killing him. The male bear, estimated to be 5 or 6 years old, was about two > meters in height and weighed 130 kilograms. > > > > For more information on Asian animal issues, please use the search feature on the AAPN website: http://www.aapn.org/ or search the list archives at: aapn > Please feel free to send any relevant news or comments to the list at aapn or to the moderator at info > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 9, 2001 Report Share Posted May 9, 2001 Chris wrote: > How can the police/hunters be sure they killed the bear they were after?? Or > is killing a bear, any bear, for revenge, what this is about? I really think > I may have missed something here. i fear this is another example of Homo sapiens' kneejerk reaction to all problems - KILL! john. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 9, 2001 Report Share Posted May 9, 2001 I remember reading an article somewhere, which said that Japan has a " If it moves, kill it " policy. And, unfortunately, this is true. Wild bears, like wild macaques, in Japan are getting extinct but they still get killed by thousands a year. Some poeple think we don't need them in the wild as long as we have a few in zoos! I haven't had enough info on this particular bear; I don't know if they somehow determined that this was the one that killed the person or they just killed the first one they found. But then again, if they made a mistake, it's not a big deal since it was 'just a bear'. Masako Dr John Wedderburn [john] Wednesday, May 09, 2001 10:24 AM AAPN List Re: (JA) Killer bear shot in Sapporo Chris wrote: > How can the police/hunters be sure they killed the bear they were after?? Or > is killing a bear, any bear, for revenge, what this is about? I really think > I may have missed something here. i fear this is another example of Homo sapiens' kneejerk reaction to all problems - KILL! john. For more information on Asian animal issues, please use the search feature on the AAPN website: http://www.aapn.org/ or search the list archives at: aapn Please feel free to send any relevant news or comments to the list at aapn or to the moderator at info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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