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LA Times: Bear found behind the counter of a South Lake Tahoe ice cream shop

h/t @span MsMerope
via
https://mindly.social/@DamonCrowley/115201032909554727

Reliable source:

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-08-20/ice-cream-shop-bear-south-lake-tahoe

#wildlife #bear #bears

Asian black bear sightings in Japan totaled 12,067 cases from April to July, the highest figure since records began in 2009. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/12/japan/black-bear-record-high/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #bears #environmentministry

Municipal governments gained the power on Monday to permit the shooting of wild bears in high-density housing areas under an amended law in a bid to prevent further bear-attack casualties. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/02/japan/bear-attack-gun-rules/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #bears #guns #environmentministry #hunting #death

The Environment Ministry is looking to increase its funding to local governments to enable them to respond better to bear attacks, which are becoming increasingly common throughout the nation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/22/japan/budget-increase-eyed-bear-shooting/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #bears #animals #environmentministry #budgets

A 51-year-old man has been arrested in Akita Prefecture on suspicion of fatally stabbing his 93-year-old father, after authorities initially considered the possibility he had been mauled by a bear. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/20/japan/crime-legal/son-murder-akita/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #akita #japanesepolice #bears

A man in his 20s went missing on Thursday after he was attacked by a bear while hiking with a friend on a mountain in eastern Hokkaido. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/15/japan/hokkaido-world-heritage-bear-attack/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #bears #hokkaido #shiretoko #mountrausu #worldheritage

A woman was sent to hospital unconscious after an apparent bear attack outside a facility for people with disabilities, police said on Friday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/01/japan/bear-woman-attack/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #akita #animals #bears #disability

The Environment Ministry has announced guidelines that list conditions and procedures for allowing the shooting of bears and other wild animals in urban areas. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/08/japan/society/bear-shooting-guidelines/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #environmentministry #animals #bears

Photography walk this morning, looking for butterflies.
Along the edges of the forest roads raspberries are ripening. Food!
First there were the fresh bear prints.
Then he high-tailed it.
Good bear!

#bears #wildlife #nature

Time for change. #grickledoodle #bears #oil#climatechange#justice#cartoon#art#drawing#funny