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The story
In Maizuru City, Kyoto Prefecture, a mother Asiatic black bear and her cub that had been holed up under the eaves of a house were culled in an emergency shooting. The response triggered a wave of calls to city hall saying things like “the staff should die,” prompting the mayor to declare firmly, “every call we’ve received has been recorded.” On the thread, most commenters criticized the people making the protest calls, though some argued the emaciated mother bear could have been captured and protected instead, and others debated whether culling bears or ensuring human safety should take priority — exposing a real divide in opinion.
Two bears took up residence at a house in the Onamishimo district of Maizuru City, Kyoto Prefecture, and an emergency shooting with rifles was carried out as a last resort — a decision that has since triggered a wave of harassment and abuse directed at the city.
■ “An extremely dangerous situation raising serious concern for harm to residents”
In Maizuru City, an incident occurred on September 3, 2026, in which two Asiatic black bears took up residence under the eaves of a detached outbuilding.
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here
What people said
The staff aren't the ones saying "you should die," so they should be fine, right? lol
They should just take the recordings to the police.
That's obstruction of official business — instant arrest, and it saves everyone the trouble.
Why'd they k*ll the b3ar… (mimicking the garbled spelling trolls use to dodge word filters)
I really hope they follow through with disclosure requests, criminal complaints, and damages claims.
Don't let the abuse slide — the city needs to protect its staff with everything it's got.
And the media's cheering it on awfully hard — is there pressure coming from somewhere?
Posts like Re: #8 popping up on 5ch look suspicious too. Makes you wonder which government office is actually behind them.
Exactly.
Those guys have too much time on their hands and no guts — they only target people they think won't push back.
Stand up to them once and they never come back.
Last year there was some old guy hassling a clerk at the counter forever, so I yelled at him from the side and he backed off with tears in his eyes.
The woman at the counter thanked me like crazy.
Next time some entitled old geezer starts up, I'll take him down too.
they just want to make trouble for Japanese people.
Probably just some unemployed guy with too much time on his hands.
It's probably not even about wanting to make trouble for Japanese people —
they're just blowing off steam.
That way we could send them a bear as a gift.
So before putting her down, they should've protected her until someone came forward to take her in.
A few years back, Adachi Ward Office in Tokyo put out a call for the owner of a stray deer, and in the end a private company, Ichihara Elephant Kingdom, ended up taking it in and keeping it.
So why don't you take her in — problem solved.
It's probably just a handful of people anyway.
Just brush them off with an "uh-huh, sure" or let an AI handle the calls.
These days a lot of places play "this call may be recorded to improve our service" before anyone even picks up.
I'm kind of skeptical of the whole "2channel bears-are-terrifying" cult belief.
Not a video, but apparently there's a book called "Bear Trauma" (熊外傷) with some pretty shocking photos in it.
Missing the bears already, a 31-year-old girl from Kyushu 🐻
Okay then, go gather ten days' worth of acorns.
Once a bear learns how tasty and safe human settlements are, it can't go back to being a normal wild animal, so there's no choice but to put it down.
I wish they'd release the audio of whoever's making these calls.
There are people out there who live for intimidating others, lol.
Just block calls from unknown numbers.
> "Every call we've received so far has been recorded"
Maybe that actually means they've got the line itself traced — so even a blocked number could be tracked down…
What's scary — or just contradictory — is that people who can't forgive k*lling a bear can casually say the staff should just die.
Maybe they're vegans or something.
They probably just want to see humanity wiped out.
It'd be way easier than self-driving cars.
And also people about to k*ll themselves.
Guess I'll call from a payphone instead.
Let me tell you something —
payphones in urban areas are heavily watched by security cameras these days.
There are so few of them left that they stand out.
Background and Key Points of This Topic
With bear-related injuries on the rise, more regions have been putting systems in place to permit emergency shootings even in residential areas, and this case is an extension of that broader trend. At the same time, harassing phone calls and abusive language directed at public officials have increasingly become a recognized social problem known as “customer harassment” (kasuhara), prompting local governments to introduce ordinances aimed at preventing it. The thread included posts framing the callers in political terms, as well as unsubstantiated claims pinning the calls on a specific region — none of which can be verified from the original article. The underlying question of whether culling the bears was the right call touches on a universal tension between prioritizing resident safety and protecting wildlife, and that divide in perspective is exactly what fueled the disagreement in this thread.
*This article is composed of excerpts and a summary from the 5channel (News Express+) thread “Two Bears Holed Up in House Culled in Kyoto — Maizuru City Staff Told ‘You Should Die,’ Mayor Stands Firm: ‘All Calls Are Recorded’.”
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