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JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Jan 11, 2020
Infestations in Tokyo begin to align with zodiac animals of the year
It¡¯s hard to associate Tokyo with anything else besides people, buildings and cars, but a closer inspection of the city and its outskirts reveal otherwise.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 4, 2019
In Year of the Pig, Hong Kong faces dilemma with abundance of wild boars
One of the world¡¯s most densely populated cities, Hong Kong, is facing a proliferation of wild boars as the large mammals stray increasingly into built-up areas.
JAPAN / Society / Beyond Tokyo
Jan 27, 2019
Âé¶¹´«Ã½ aging hunters look for fresh blood to solve boar woes
When the world rang in 2019, it also prepared to usher in the Year of the Boar. But in Sasayama, a picturesque, historical city of about 42,000 nestled in rural Hyogo Prefecture about an hour by train from Osaka Station, the wild boar is a symbol of pride, part of a famous local dish and a bane to farmers....
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jan 15, 2019
¡®Boars Galore¡¯: The Year of the Boar finally gets its day
Despite being among the least popular, revered or symbolically loaded of zodiac animals, the boar still holds an aesthetic presence.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / OLD NIC'S NOTEBOOK
Oct 31, 2015
Deer and boar: from pests to the plate
For many years now I have been hammering on about Âé¶¹´«Ã½ runaway population of deer and wild boar, and about the huge damage they cause ¡ª especially to agriculture, silviculture, forestry and endangered wild plants in national parks.

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