The Japanese government approved Friday a bill to allow municipalities to authorize "emergency shootings" by hunters when dangerous animals enter populated areas amid rising cases of bear attacks.The bill to revise the law on wildlife protection and management will enable quicker and more effective responses compared with current measures, which only allow dangerous animals to be shot when people are in immediate danger.If the revised law is enacted in the current Diet session, the Environment Ministry aims to enforce it by fall, when bears start to become active. It reported a record high …READ FULL ARTICLE
