日本仙北市有一部自助售賣機出售當地的黑熊肉。這部自助售賣機是當地一家餐廳所擁有,熊肉則來自在附近山區被獵殺的黑熊。日本有限制允許獵殺黑熊的數量。日本黑熊是亞洲黑熊的一個亞種,屬於易危物種。
A vending machine in Semboku, Japan is selling local black bear meat. The machine is owned by a local restaurant and the meat comes from local hunters that killed bears in nearby mountains. A limited numbers of black bears were allowed to be hunted in Japan. Japanese black bear is a subspecies of Asiatic black bear, which is classed as vulnerable.