Boom in boars
Fukushima Prefecture is being over-run by wild radioactive pigs!
More boars mean more damage in Fukushima
The Japan Times | 2013/09/24
---Wild boars are taking a toll on agriculture in Fukushima Prefecture as farmers struggle to bounce back from the planting bans imposed after the meltdowns at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant ...
...Environment Ministry found boars in almost every area inside the 20-km exclusion zone.
"It is very likely that the area of their activities expanded since many people were evacuated (from the exclusion zone) and the number of boars captured (sic) is decreasing," the ministry speculates.
In fiscal 2010, 3,736 boars were captured in Fukushima Prefecture, rising to a record high of 4,856 in fiscal 2012. More wild boars are also showing up in towns and cities outside the 20-km exclusion zone.
Meanwhile, the number of licensed hunters in Fukushima Prefecture has decreased by one-third...
...A local official in charge of hunting said the idea that wild boar meat could be irradiated has reduced interest in bagging the wild animals among the already aging population of hunters.
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