{"id":115988,"date":"2025-11-03T18:05:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T18:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/115988\/"},"modified":"2025-11-03T18:05:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T18:05:14","slug":"sdf-to-provide-logistical-aid-for-bear-capture-efforts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/115988\/","title":{"rendered":"SDF to provide logistical aid for bear capture efforts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The nation&#8217;s Ground Self-Defense Force is preparing to dispatch personnel to Akita Prefecture to assist with measures against wild bears following a series of attacks in the prefecture.<\/p>\n<p>In response to a request from Akita, the GSDF is set to provide logistical support, such as transporting box traps, but will not be directly involved in the culling of bears.<\/p>\n<p>If this becomes a model case for SDF support, other local governments facing worsening bear damage may consider requesting assistance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The nation&#8217;s Ground Self-Defense Force is preparing to dispatch personnel to Akita Prefecture to assist with measures against&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":115989,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[75464,50,36031,82517,75465,82518,64308,82519,111,139,69,147,82520,406],"class_list":{"0":"post-115988","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-akita","9":"tag-animals","10":"tag-bears","11":"tag-gsdf","12":"tag-hokkaido","13":"tag-iwate","14":"tag-miyagi","15":"tag-nagano","16":"tag-new-zealand","17":"tag-newzealand","18":"tag-nz","19":"tag-science","20":"tag-sdf","21":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115988\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}