Guest guest Posted March 28, 2001 Report Share Posted March 28, 2001 7 bears escape tourist farm; 1 shot Yomiuri Shimbun March 28, 2001 Seven brown bears escaped from Taisetsu Bear Center at the Kitanomori Garden tourist facility in Kamikawa-cho, Hokkaido, about 11:30 a.m. Monday, according to police. Six of them were recaptured by their handlers, but a 5-year-old female, which weighed about 200 kilograms, was killed an hour later by a local hunter as it wandered around the facility's grounds and the nearby riverbed. The farm itself had been closed for the winter, but about 50 tourists in a nearby restaurant were briefly alarmed by the commotion, police said. Copyright The Yomiuri Shimbun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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