Bear sightings skyrocket in Japanese town feuding with local hunting association

https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Casey BaseelAlternate methods being employed as hunters hold out for higher pay. Hokkaido, Japan’s northernmost prefecture, is known for many things. Wide open pastures and snowy mountains. A unique cultural and linguistic heritage unlike anywhere else in Japan. And bears. But though bears are sort of a symbol of Hokkaido, that doesn’t mean that people want them […]