{"id":4318,"date":"2022-07-10T14:10:48","date_gmt":"2022-07-10T05:10:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naochiaki.biz\/higuma\/?p=4318"},"modified":"2023-05-13T19:41:05","modified_gmt":"2023-05-13T10:41:05","slug":"yezo-brown-bear-attacks2000-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naochiaki.biz\/higuma\/yezo-brown-bear-attacks2000-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Yezo brown bear attacks(2000-2022)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yezo brown bears \/ Higuma bears (Ursus arctos yesoensis) inhabit in only Hokkaido island (Japan&#8217;s northernmost prefecture)<br \/>\nIn recent years number of bear attacks on humans have been increasing.<\/p>\n<h2>Yezo brown bear attacks by year(2000-2022)<\/h2>\n<p>Chart: Number of brown bear-inflicted human injuries and deaths by year.<br \/>\n\u203bbear hunting is excluded.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/naochiaki.biz\/higuma\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/00-02yearly.gif\" alt=\"2000\uff5e2022\u5e74\u30d2\u30b0\u30de\u4eba\u8eab\u4e8b\u6545\u4ef6\u6570\" width=\"506\" height=\"297\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4237\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In 2021 many more bear attacks have occurred.<br \/>\n(\u6b7b\u4ea1 = death \/ \u8ca0\u50b7 = injury)<\/p>\n<h3>bear attacks in 2021<\/h3>\n<p>We found 12 incidents with 7 injuries and 3 deaths in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Bear-inflicted human deaths.<\/p>\n<ol class=\"list_1\">\n<li>4\/10 Akkeshi town (wild vegetable picking)<\/li>\n<li>7\/2 Fukushima town(farm chores)<\/li>\n<li>7\/12 Takinoue town (hiking)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Bear-inflicted human injuries.<\/p>\n<ol class=\"list_1\">\n<li>6\/14 Akkeshi town (forestry work)<\/li>\n<li>6\/18 Sapporo city (4 people were injured)<\/li>\n<li>8\/7 Tsubetsu town (mowing \/ 2 people were injured)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Yezo brown bear attacks by month(2000-2022)<\/h2>\n<p>Chart: Number of brown bear-inflicted human injuries and deaths by month.<br \/>\n\u203bbear hunting is excluded.<\/p>\n<p>We found<span class=\"marker_y\"> 47 cases with 31 injuries and 16 deaths from 2000 to 2022<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/naochiaki.biz\/higuma\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/00-02monthly.gif\" alt=\"2000\uff5e2021\u5e74\u6708\u5225\u30d2\u30b0\u30de\u4eba\u8eab\u4e8b\u6545\u4ef6\u6570\" width=\"506\" height=\"312\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4238\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(\u6b7b\u4ea1 = death \/ \u8ca0\u50b7 = injury)<br \/>\n(1\u6708= January \/ 12\u6708= December)<\/p>\n<p>for reference, number of brown bear attacks by month (2000-2018)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/naochiaki.biz\/higuma\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/00-18occ-month-1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"\" height=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2225\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As a result of increased number of bear attacks, some bear specialists consider the population of brown bears has increased.<br \/>\nBecause of this, an upper limit of female bears caught will be raised from 1990 to 2320.<\/p>\n<h2>Victims of bear attacks<\/h2>\n<p>Chart: victims of fatal bear attacks.<br \/>\nOver 60% of victims were killed by bear when they were <span class=\"marker_y\">picking wild plants in spring<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/naochiaki.biz\/higuma\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/00-22killedvicpp_eng.gif\" alt=\"2000-2022\u3000victims of fatal bear attacks  \" width=\"261\" height=\"239\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4333\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Chart: victims of bear attacks (including fatal attacks).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/naochiaki.biz\/higuma\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/00-22vicpp-eng.gif\" alt=\"2000-2022\u3000victims of bear attacks  \" width=\"261\" height=\"239\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4332\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yezo brown bears \/ Higuma bears (Ursus arctos yesoensis) inhabit in&#8230;<a 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