The bear attacked a supermarket employess and later laid waste to the meat department before being lured out.
A bear that rampaged through a Japan ese supermarket for two days was lured out with food coated in honey, local officials said. The animal was trapped and later killed on Monday, police said. Japan has a growing problem with bears, with a record six human fatalities from attacks and more than 9,000 of the animals killed in the previous fiscal year.
A bear attack was also suspected after a college student was found dead on a mountain in northern Japan.The period had the highest number of deaths since the government started collecting data from 2006 to 2007.More than 200 other people were involved in incidents with bears.In the current fiscal year so far, three people have been killed.Experts told CBS News that as Japan's population shrinks, humans are leaving rural areas, and bears are moving in.
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