Japan's bear management program aims for coexistence as attacks rise
Rising nationwide attacks on bears have prompted fear and the culling of thousands of animals in Japan. A management program launched in 1995 in mountainous regions of central Honshu has been credited with prompting a recovery in bear numbers and fewer encounters with humans through trapping, tagging and releasing the animals.

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