There have been many obvious dangers faced by Japan in the wake of the disaster, but one of the most unexpected has also proved to be one of the most fascinating.
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When the exclusion zone was set up - with the surrounding towns population evacuated to a safe distance - hundreds of the wild boars, which have been known to attack people when enraged, descended from surrounding hills and forests into the deserted streets.
Now they roam the empty streets and overgrown garden's of Japan's deserted seaside town of Namie, foraging for food
However, the people of Namie are scheduled to return to the town at the end of the month, which means the bloody-toothed interlopers have to be cleared.
"It is not really clear now which is the master of the town, people or wild boars," said Tamotsu Baba, mayor of the town.
"If we don't get rid of them and turn this into a human-led town, the situation will get even wilder and uninhabitable."
At the end of March, Japan is set to lift evacuation orders for parts of Namie, located just 2.5 miles from the wrecked nuclear plant, as well as three other towns.
Now they roam the empty streets and overgrown garden's of Japan's deserted seaside town of Namie, foraging for food
However, the people of Namie are scheduled to return to the town at the end of the month, which means the bloody-toothed interlopers have to be cleared.
"It is not really clear now which is the master of the town, people or wild boars," said Tamotsu Baba, mayor of the town.
"If we don't get rid of them and turn this into a human-led town, the situation will get even wilder and uninhabitable."
At the end of March, Japan is set to lift evacuation orders for parts of Namie, located just 2.5 miles from the wrecked nuclear plant, as well as three other towns.
11 comments:
OH NO! Pigzilla!
Send some Texas boar hunters over to Namie to fix that problem. Those guys are boar hunting masters.
Japanese radiation is less harmful than American radiation... or something.
Apparently there are no squatters rights in Japan.
On the bright side, now that Hillary's a private citizen the American taxpayer won't be on the hook for med-evacing her out of Japan.
Or fill in the name of the now unemployed government hack of your choice.
What is more dangerous than Fugu? Radioactive BLT!
Japan has big problems.
The radioactivity didn't seem to do much to them; perhaps that is why they are about to lift the ban.
As God is my Witness I thought pigs could glow in the dark.
Radioactive boar in Japan; I was thinking would look something like this.
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