The Japanese government is planning to trial an artificial intelligence system for spotting wild bears to better deal with an increasing number of attacks by the animals on humans, according to a government source.
A Japanese government panel has proposed the introduction of state-subsidized bear culls after attacks on humans surged to a record high this fiscal year.
Bears are marvelous creatures. They possess a graceless grace, a lumbering elegance, that is all their own. Their trained frolics are a circus delight. They balance on balls, ride spoked wheels, dance, turn somersaults. Training has involved cruelty, which draws protest, a measure of civilization’s slow advance from days when…
Japan is seeing the number of people attacked by bears in fiscal 2023 increase at an unprecedented pace, recent government data showed, with people warned of more encounters as the wild animals forage ahead of hibernation in a lean year for nuts.