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![Hundreds of wild boars carrying highly radioactive material are stalking residents in the Japanese town of Fukushima.]()
![Fukushima officials are working to clear out the contaminated boar population in the area, which increased by more than 330 percent since 2014.]()
![A member of the Animal Control Hunters Group holds a pellet gun to kill wild boars in a booby trap.]()
![A group of local hunters have been hired by local authorities and have so far killed about 800 wild boars.]()
![Boars have reportedly caused about $854,000 in damage to agriculture in Fukushima.]()
![Japan is set to allow Fukushima residents to return to their homes but city officials worry that boars will turn aggressive.]()
Wild boars overrun deserted Fukushima town
Thousands of wild boars, which have been known to attack people when enraged, pose a nuisance for Japanese residents returning to towns evacuated after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis.
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- Wild boars overrun deserted Fukushima town
