The Ainu breastfeed a bear cub before sacrificing it

The Ainu, an indigenous people of Northern Japan and Sakhalin, raise bear cubs to make them full members of their community. When an Ainu woman loses a child, it happens that a baby bear is captured and breastfed for three or four years. The animal is then sacrificed during the Kamui omante, or "bear festival," before its meat is consumed during a great banquet.