Officials say

A hicker attacked Wild brown bear On Friday, it was found to be dead in northern Japan, officials said, “The day after the bloody encounter, he was allegedly dragged into a forest.”

In his 20s, Hicker tried to fight the big animal, but his feet were dragged into the nearby forest with deep bleeding, including local media outlets. Yomuri shimbun newspapeR said.

A local police spokesman told AFP that the man was attacked on a footpath on Mount Roussu on the northern island of Hokkaido on Thursday morning.

According to a Hokkaido official, Friday afternoon, he was found and rushed to a hospital, where he was officially declared dead.

The hunter also caught and killed a bear near the footpath, an officer who is working for Sherry Town – where the mountain is – told AFP.

DNA analysis will be held to determine whether the bear was responsible for the death of the victim.

According to the media, the man’s name was a bore of a card with a card near the scene of the encounter in the northeastern part of Hokkaido.

A torn, blood -soaked shirt is believed to have been found on Friday, with a blood trail with nearby trees and soil, Kyodo News Agency said, “Police are handed over to the police.”

Other discovered objects were a clock, a hat and the tear gas that appeared, Kyo said.

According to estimates released this month, the number of brown bears in Hokkaido fell year after 1991 in 2023 after 1991.

There were about 11,600 at the end of 2023, below 500 from a year ago.

The Hokkaido government cited unprecedented hunting of brown bears, with 1,804 records caught by 12 months till March 2024.

Human faced with bears to reach a record level in Japan last year, with 219 people attacked six deaths in April 2024 for 12 months.

Climate change affecting food sources and hibernation is an important factor, but as Japan’s aging population shrinks, man is leaving rural areas, and is also leaving space for bears.

“The area was launched into the forest, so the bear has a chance to expand his boundary,” biologist Koji Yamazaki, from Agricultural University of Tokyo University. Told CBS NewsElizabeth Palmer in 2023.

Japan is one of the only places on the planet where a large mammal species is reclaiming the habitat – good news for the bear, but if, as the biologist is in doubt, the population of the bear is increasing, the country will have to detect new ways to protect people, and important infrastructure, such as airports, animals.

In February, the Japanese government approved a bill, allowing poachers to shoot bears in populated areas.

In December, A Tolerate it loudly For two days, a Japanese supermarket was lured with food coated in honey. Police said the animal got stuck and later killed.

In 2023, Hunters killed an elusive brown bear named “Ninja” in Hokkaido after attacking at least 66 cows, after attacking at least 66 cows, associated Press Informed In the same year, local Japanese officials and media outlets reported that there were euthanized after three bears. Silent in a tatami mat factory In the northern part of the country.