A project for people and Asiatic Black Bear Ursus thibetanus to coexist

Tamatani H., . (2005) A project for people and Asiatic Black Bear Ursus thibetanus to coexist. [Proceedings Paper]

We conducted a bear management program Bear Shepherding using Karelian Bear Dogs in Karuizawa town from Aug 19th through Aug 27th in 2003. The town has Asiatic Black Bear Ursus thibetanus problems in residential areas as bears visit houses to eat unnatural food and damaged property. With this program we discovered that with dogs we could more effectively scare a bear away compared to the same without dogs. The behavior of the bear changed after being chased by dogs and it did not come back to the area where as in 2002 it was not willing to leave when chased by people. It also proved that we could chase bears to a preferred place safely if we do it right even in a residential area where houses are built close to one another.

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We conducted a bear management program Bear Shepherding using Karelian Bear Dogs in Karuizawa town from Aug 19th through Aug 27th in 2003. The town has Asiatic Black Bear Ursus thibetanus problems in residential areas as bears visit houses to eat unnatural food and damaged property. With this program we discovered that with dogs we could more effectively scare a bear away compared to the same without dogs. The behavior of the bear changed after being chased by dogs and it did not come back to the area where as in 2002 it was not willing to leave when chased by people. It also proved that we could chase bears to a preferred place safely if we do it right even in a residential area where houses are built close to one another.

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Item Type:	Proceedings Paper
Additional Information:	5 ill. 2 tables 2 ref.
AGROVOC Term:	URSIDAE
AGROVOC Term:	WILD BOAR
AGROVOC Term:	MONKEYS
AGROVOC Term:	WILDLIFE
AGROVOC Term:	DOGS
AGROVOC Term:	NATURE CONSERVATION
AGROVOC Term:	BEHAVIOUR
AGROVOC Term:	JAPAN
Geographical Term:	MALAYSIA
Depositing User:	Ms. Norfaezah Khomsan
Last Modified:	24 Apr 2025 05:28
URI:	http://webagris.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/16680

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