Japanese city officials have found an unusual way to protect citizens from bear attacks. As reported BBC newsAuthorities began purchasing robot wolves to scare the animals.
The publication wrote that at first robot wolves were used to keep bears away from cities, but recently the animals began to attack rural residents more often. The victims were mostly single elderly people who formed the backbone of the village population.
The Wolf Kamuy concern produces robots. City officials first began purchasing wolf-shaped mechanical stuffed animals in 2020 that make threatening sounds when motion is detected. The city of Takikawa on the northern island of Hokkaido was the first to test the robots. Local authorities assured that the bears stopped bothering the villagers after the purchase of two robot wolves.
Guard registeredHe said the problem with bears developed due to the wild growth of their population, which had already reached a five-year maximum as of 2020. At the same time, the number of attacks on people increased.
Previously reported About an incident in which a grizzly bear injured two tourists in a national park in Canada.