Bear at the airport of the runway forces in Japan to cancel flights: “We are on a dead end”

A bear The runway at the runway forced a Japanese airport to cancel flights on Thursday and announce himself outside the border for passengers for today.

The black bear appeared at Yamagata Airport in northern Japan, immediately pushing its runway. The bear, which was about four feet long, was monitored for the first time near the runway at about 7 am on Thursday, and Yumuri Shimbon I mentioned.

This first view resulted in a delay of up to an hour of four trips, before the animal wandered in the afternoon, and this time “running” on the runway.

Airport employees used a car to chase it and close the runway again, as the bear is still in a public place in the facility.

“Given that we cannot be able to host the expatriates on the plane,” Yamagata Airport official told AFP on Thursday evening, adding that the second closure led to 12 flying.

Nagai said that the fishermen brought to create a trap and police officers surrounding the airport to prevent the bear from escaping, “We are on a dead end.”

The official said that the facility plans to close the runway until 8:00 pm.

Human meetings with bears reached record levels in Japan, where 219 people were attacked and six deaths in 12 months until April 2024.

Last month, I brought the bear’s vision The end of the golf championship In central Japan, with organizers who cite safety precautions.

Climate change that affects food sources and hibernation times is a major factor, but as the population shrinks in Japan, humans leave rural areas, and this also leaves a room for bears to move.

“After that, that area recovered to the woods, so the bears have an opportunity to expand its scope,” “Biologist Koji Yamazaki, from Tokyo University of Agriculture, CBS News saidElizabeth Palmer in 2023.

Japan is one of the only places on the planet where the types of large mammals were returning habitats – good news of the bears, but, as biologists suspect, the population of bear grow, the country will have to discover new ways to protect people, and vital infrastructure such as airports, from animals.

In February, the Japanese government approved a bill that allows fishermen to shoot bears in populated areas.

In December, a Take this stagnation Through a two -day Japanese supermarket, it was seduced with honey -painted food. The police said the animal was besieged and was later killed.