Bear suspected of devouring some 1,700 carrots at Hokkaido farm

HAKODATE, Japan - A brown bear is suspected of eating around 1,700 carrots at a farm in the northern Japan city of Hakodate, Hokkaido, police said Tuesday.

Brown bear footprints and feces were found at the farm, where about 300 kilograms of carrots had been eaten, according to the local police. The damage was concentrated in an area measuring about 50 square meters, they said.