Bear Roaming Golf Course stops in the tournament for the second time in 2 months in Japan

An bears sighting on Wednesday led the organizers of a golf tournament in Japan to cancel the opening day, marking the second time that an Ursine Invader has stopped the game in the last two months.

The bear was seen in the morning near the first tee in the Meiji Yasuda Ladies tournament in the Sendai Classic Golf Club in northern Japan on the JLPGA professional tour.

The pro-AM competition scheduled for the same day was canceled, and the organizers then decided to discard the opening day of the Tournament on Thursday.

The organizers said they would later decide whether to play or cancel the rest of the competition, which has a total award of $ 670,000.

“On Wednesday, an bears sighting was reported in the course and the Pro-AM Tournament was canceled to protect the safety of participants, players and staff,” said a statement on the tournament website.

“To guarantee security and consider future measures, we have decided to cancel Thursday’s opening day,” the statement continued. “We will announce the details of the tournament from Friday onwards as soon as they have decided.”

In May, the final round of Twinfield women on the second -level female passage tour in downtown Japan was canceled after a The bear was seen In the course.

The following month, a Bear wandering down the track forced a Japanese airport to cancel flights and declare themselves outside the limits for passengers for the day.

Human meetings with Bears reached record levels in Japan last year, with 219 people attacked and six deaths in the 12 months until April 2024.

The climate change that affects food sources and hibernation times is a key factor, but as Japan’s aging population is reduced, humans leave rural areas, and that also leaves room for bears to move.

“Then that area was recovered to the forest, so the bears have the opportunity to expand their rank,” Koji Yamazaki Biologist, from the University of Agriculture of Tokyo, He told News themezone‘Elizabeth Palmer in 2023.

Japan is one of the only places on the planet where a large kind of mammals has been recovering habitat, which is good news for bears, but if, as biologists suspect, the population of bears is growing, the country will have to discover new ways to protect people and vital infrastructure like airports, animals.

The Japan government in February approved a bill that allows hunters to shoot bears in populated areas.

In December, a Lear that shook Through a Japanese supermarket for two days, he was attracted to honey -coated foods. Police said the animal was trapped and then killed.

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