北海道ほっかいどう羅臼岳付近「友人ゆうじんがクマに襲おそわれ引ひっ張ぱられていった」

On the morning of the 14th, a man reported to the police that my friend was attacked by a bear and dragged away near Mount Rausu in Shari Town, located on the Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaido.

Mount Rausu is a habitat for brown bears, so the police and others are urgently checking on people’s safety while also using helicopters to rescue other climbers.

Around 11:10 a.m. on the 14th, a man called 110 and reported, My male friend was attacked by a bear and dragged away near Mt. Rausu in Shari Town, Hokkaido.

According to the police, both the man and his friend are believed to be in their twenties and were hiking at the time. The condition of the attacked friend is unknown.

According to the town, the man who reported it was rescued.

Rausu-dake is a habitat for brown bears, and the police are hurrying to confirm the safety of people by conducting searches from the air.

It is said that at least about 40 people had planned to climb Mount Rausu.

The climbers reportedly took shelter at places such as observation decks, and the police and others carried out rescues using helicopters, rescuing about 10 people by around 3 p.m.

The man is believed to have entered from the Shari Town side trail. According to the Hokkaido Regional Forest Office of the Forestry Agency, which manages the trails on Mt. Rausu, there are two trails: one from the Shari Town side and one from the Rausu Town side. The man who is thought to have been involved in the incident had entered from the Shari Town side trail.

Upon receiving information from the police, both the Shari Town and Rausu Town sides of the mountain trail were closed at the site, and the trail leading from Mount Iou to Mount Rausu was also closed.

Shari Town sets up a countermeasures headquarters and requests hunters to be dispatched After receiving a report that a man was attacked by a brown bear, Shari Town in Hokkaido set up a countermeasures headquarters at 11:30 a.m. to gather information and requested four hunters to be dispatched.

The hunters are waiting.

According to the town, the reported location appears to be about 200 to 300 meters up the mountain trail from the trailhead leading to Mount Rausu on the Shari Town side.

Frequent Brown Bear Sightings: What to Do and What to Watch Out For? According to the Shiretoko Foundation, which works on the protection and management of wild animals such as brown bears on the Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaido and shares brown bear safety information on social media, there have been a series of close encounters with brown bears by hikers on the Rausu-dake mountain trail since last month.

On the 12th, after a hiker who encountered a brown bear at close range sprayed bear repellent, they were still followed by the bear for several minutes.

Also, it is reported that on the 10th of this month, a brown bear approached as close as about 3 meters to a hiker.

Shiretoko Foundation is calling for people to do so.

In addition, the Shiretoko Foundation reported on its social media that on the 29th of last month, someone was seen feeding snacks to a wild brown bear from their car in Shiretoko National Park, and, pointing out the dangers, is urging people to absolutely stop this behavior.

Furthermore, it has been confirmed that since the start of the summer vacation season, trash such as bento boxes has been discarded along the national highway outside the national park, so people are also being urged not to litter.