Japan is to relax its strict hunting laws to make it easier to shoot bears, amid a rise in dangerous encounters with the animals in built-up areas as their numbers increase and their natural habitat dwindles. The government will revise wildlife protection and management laws to give local councils the power to authorise hunters to […]
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Japan is to relax its strict hunting laws to make it easier to shoot bears, amid a rise in dangerous encounters with the animals in built-up areas as their numbers increase and their natural habitat dwindles.
The government will revise wildlife protection and management laws to give local councils the power to authorise hunters to carry out “emergency shootings” when bears are spotted in populated neighbourhoods, the Kyodo news agency reported.
