Authorities in Yamaguchi to use tranquilliser guns after macaques – or possibly one aggressive individual – uncharacteristically target adults and children
Local authorities in a Japanese city are to use tranquilliser guns to confront marauding monkeys that have injured 42 people in recent weeks.
“All of Yamaguchi city is surrounded by mountains and it’s not rare to see monkeys,” said a city official from the agricultural department, who declined to give her name. “But it’s rare to see this many attacks in a short period of time.”
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