Nature The Japanese brown and black bear thread

The woman was strolling alone at Goshikinuma Ponds, a popular tourist spot in the foothills of Mount Bandai, when the bear scratched her face and right arm at around 3 p.m., police and local firefighters said. The bear then vanished into the woods. The woman was taken to hospital after the incident, but her injuries are not life-threatening. On Thursday night, a 73-year-old local woman in Iwate Prefecture, also in northeastern Japan, suffered injuries to her left wrist and right shoulder after being attacked by a bear outside a barn where she had milked some cows. Earlier that day at the farm, police believe a bear had made off with some animal feed made from corn.

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