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When a bear appears in residential areas, capturing it using firearms is generally based on police instructions. However, a panel of experts from the Ministry of the Environment has agreed to relax this regulation.
Regarding bears, 219 people were injured over the one-year period ending in March 2024, marking the highest number of human injuries in the past 18 years.
In April, bears, including brown bears, were added to the nationwide list of “designated managed wildlife,” prompting a review of capture methods.
Currently, firearm capture is generally prohibited in residential areas and other places with many people. In emergencies, individuals with firearm licenses can shoot under police instructions.
On the 23rd, the Ministry of the Environment’s panel of experts broadly agreed to relax regulations, allowing for the “emergency and exceptional implementation” of firearm capture of bears even in the absence of police officers.
The experts are calling for amendments to the Wildlife Protection and Management Law, which prohibits the use of firearms.
In moving towards legal amendments, it is necessary to consider the support of police and administrative agencies for capturing bears, as well as compensation and responsibility in case of injuries.
The panel of experts plans to finalize their formal response policy in early July, after which legal amendments are expected to proceed.
OK, but what is up with that crazy octopus of wires in the photo?
Let the bears pay the bear tax.
My neighbor in Kyoto used to have a hunting rifle with a permit, but he gave it up because the police would come and temporarily confiscate it whenever the emperor came to town
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English translation
When a bear appears in residential areas, capturing it using firearms is generally based on police instructions. However, a panel of experts from the Ministry of the Environment has agreed to relax this regulation.
Regarding bears, 219 people were injured over the one-year period ending in March 2024, marking the highest number of human injuries in the past 18 years.
In April, bears, including brown bears, were added to the nationwide list of “designated managed wildlife,” prompting a review of capture methods.
Currently, firearm capture is generally prohibited in residential areas and other places with many people. In emergencies, individuals with firearm licenses can shoot under police instructions.
On the 23rd, the Ministry of the Environment’s panel of experts broadly agreed to relax regulations, allowing for the “emergency and exceptional implementation” of firearm capture of bears even in the absence of police officers.
The experts are calling for amendments to the Wildlife Protection and Management Law, which prohibits the use of firearms.
In moving towards legal amendments, it is necessary to consider the support of police and administrative agencies for capturing bears, as well as compensation and responsibility in case of injuries.
The panel of experts plans to finalize their formal response policy in early July, after which legal amendments are expected to proceed.
OK, but what is up with that crazy octopus of wires in the photo?
Let the bears pay the bear tax.
My neighbor in Kyoto used to have a hunting rifle with a permit, but he gave it up because the police would come and temporarily confiscate it whenever the emperor came to town
So they are implementing the right to bear arms….
I’m here all week!