A video taken in China has been uploaded Monday showing a wild bear being beaten by frightened villagers armed with poles and rocks.
As reported by Mirror, the bear had strayed into a compound, and local villagers tried to keep it inside for fear that the wild animal might cause harm to residents in the village.
To keep the animal inside the compound enclosure, the locals hit the bear repeatedly with long poles while the animal was attempting to scramble up its walls. Some of the villagers kept themselves at a safer distance, throwing rocks at the wild bear. The villagers were screaming audibly while frantically trying to keep the wild bear inside the compound.
It is unclear where the video was taken. No reports have emerged as to the fate of the bear.
Reports from China said that the wild bear shown in the video is probably an Asian black bear, which is usually found in the North East and South West areas of the country as well as in the central Sichuan province.
Driven close to extinction by illegal hunters, the Asian black bear is now a protected species in China. The National Protection Wildlife Law ruled that anyone caught hunting or catching these bears without a permit would be subject to severe punishments.
Asian black bears are usually herbivores, but they are known to attack humans when provoked. There have been numerous reports in the past of Asian black bears attacking humans who try to trap or kill them for traditional medicine.
The video went viral just days after a Japanese fisherman in his 60s used karate to fight off an Asian black bear and save his life.
Atsushi Aoki, a martial arts expert, was fishing in a mountain creek when a 6 ft 3 inch Asian black bear attacked him.
The 63-year-old man reportedly fought the wild animal using only his bare hands. While he was able to fend off the beast, Aoki sustained a few injuries before it was over.
“I thought it’s either ‘I kill him or he kills me,'” Aoki told a Japanese broadcaster.
“The bear was so strong and it knocked me down. It turned me over and bit me right here,” he said, while pointing at his bandaged leg.
Aoki was finally able to fight off the animal when he executed a few karate chops to the bear’s eyes, which sent the creature running into the woods. Mr. Aoki then ran straight for his car for fear that the creature might return.
“He drove himself to hospital and he even remembered to grab the fish that he had caught,” a local police officer said,” said a police officer.
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Despite Aoki’s success in fighting off the bear, Japanese advised the public not to follow his example when confronted by an Asian black bear.
As reported by The Independent, four people, including a 74-year-old woman, were killed in separate Asian black bear attacks in northern Japan this year. Japanese authorities have since then urged the public to stay away from forests in the area.
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The four victims were reported to have suffered “severe injuries” during the bear attack. The four attacks occurred over four weeks in Akita prefecture, a mountainous area on Japan’s main island, Honshu.
Takeshi Komatsu, the local veterinarian in the area, said that the same bear may have been responsible for three of the attacks since they all occurred in one area and took place within a month.
“After tasting human flesh, the bear may have learned it can eat them,” he told Kyodo News agency.
Experts say that bears become more aggressive when food source becomes scarce or when their habitat is disturbed by human activity.
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