Hundreds of toxic wild boars have been roaming across northern Japan, where the meltdown of the Fukushima nuclear plant six years ago forced thousands of residents to desert their homes, pets and livestock. Since the nuclear crisis in Fukushima in 2011, video footage taken by journalists has shown packs of badly unkempt dogs scampering across roads. Farmland, transformed into grassland, has became a perfect habitat for wild boars and foxes. Boars have caused about $854,000 in damage to agriculture in Fukushima prefecture, the Japanese newspaper Yomiuri reported. Local authorities in towns across Fukushima have hired teams of hunters to cull the boars.

Source: National Post March 10, 2017 14:26 UTC