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Japan unleashes terrifying robot wolves to fight bears that attack the elderly

2023-10-01 21:24:00, Kosova & Bota CNA

Japan unleashes terrifying robot wolves to fight bears that attack the elderly

Terrifying robotic wolves with glowing red eyes are being unleashed on Japan after a spate of bear attacks on elderly residents.

Mechanical contraptions were originally designed to act as robotic scarecrows and keep wild animals away from farms. But due to the increasing number of bears attacking people, authorities are using wolves to scare them away. The first use of Monster Wolf was recorded in the fall of 2020, according to the president of its manufacturer, Wolf Kamuy.

In recent months, local governments across Japan have begun commissioning their own monster wolves amid an alarming increase in bear attacks.

Officials say this is due to the mass exodus of young people from rural farming villages, leaving the elderly vulnerable.

Shinsuke Koike, a professor at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, explained: "Increasingly, lowland rural farmlands that once acted as buffer zones between bears and humans are disappearing." As the villages have been emptied, the bears have started moving closer and closer to human-populated areas, where they have become accustomed to bright lights and noises, and are therefore less afraid of people.

In the past 60 years, there have been more than 150 bear attacks in Japan's northern region of Hokkaido, which is home to the wild brown bear. In 2021, officials recorded one of the deadliest years, as four were killed and at least 10 were injured in the region. The rest of Japan is populated by the Asiatic black bear, which is less aggressive./ CNA





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