The bear was reportedly noticed by local pastors in rural setting in Eslamabad Gharb of Kermanshah, a western province of Iran.
Eslamabad’s Department of Environment local office received an account of a bear ‘not in proper health’ by the local cattle shepherds. The staff of the Department had been said to control the bear in cooperation with local people in Tang Shohan heights after 3 hours of operation, Keyvan Houshmand was quoted by Mehr News to have said.