Hundreds of toxic wild boars have been roaming across northern Japan, where the meltdown of the Fukushima

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.
And in a government survey last year, more than half of Fukushima’s former residents said they wouldn’t return, citing fears over radiation
and the safety of the nuclear plant, which will take 40 years to dismantle.
The local Fukushima government recently published a guidebook of suggestions to help officials tackle
the wild boar problem, including building special traps and using drones to ward off the animals.
A version of this article appears in print on March 10, 2017, on Page A4 of the New York edition with
the headline: Six Years After the Fukushima Disaster, a New Danger Looms: Radioactive Boars.
Radioactive Boars in Fukushima Thwart Residents’ Plans to Return Home -
By KIMIKO de FREYTAS-TAMURAMARCH 9, 2017
They descend on towns and villages, plundering crops and rampaging through homes.