Japan deploys troops
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Official statistics confirm the spiraling bear crisis, with 20,792 sightings reported nationwide over the six months to September–-already surpassing the total for the previous 12 months and marking a five-year high.
VTV.vn - An Asian black bear was recently rescued in Hanoi’s Me Linh District by the non-governmental organisation Animals Asia and taken to the Vietnam Bear Rescue Centre in Vinh Phuc Province. VTV.vn - Two Asian black bears were rescued from a household in Di An city in the southern province of Binh Duong on July 28 and are being transported to the rescue centre in Tam Dao National Park.
Japan deployed troops to the country's rugged north on Wednesday to help trap bears after local authorities said besieged communities were struggling to cope with an unprecedented wave of attacks.