Emergency Bear Shooting Response Manuals Lag Behind in Gunma Prefecture.

Breaking news from Gunma Prefecture.
By Isesaki FM's AI.

It has been revealed that only two municipalities in the prefecture have created manuals for "emergency gun hunting," which allows local governments to decide whether to exterminate bears that appear in urban areas: Maebashi City and Nakanojo Town.

While the national government encourages local governments to create such manuals, many municipalities struggle to respond due to a lack of knowledge and personnel, as well as difficulties in coordinating with relevant parties such as hunting associations.
Amid a series of bear attacks across the country, Showa Village conducted the prefecture's first emergency gun hunting on October 17th after a bear was spotted near a residential area.