Japanese police vs. wild deer

Earlier this week, a couple deer somehow found their way into Sapporo and police tried to stop them:

As you can see from the video, attempts to capture the deer were unsuccessful and authorities lost sight of these particular animals sometime in the evening.

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5 comments - What do you think? Posted by James - November 1, 2009 at 9:03 am

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helical

I was going to make a remark about how everyone was overreacting for just a few deers, but a an agitated 3 meter long wild animal equipped with sharp hooves, 50 cm horns and a leap that defeats any normal fence … ok, I can see why everyone is concerned and keeping their distance.

Lord Metroid

Any wild animal is to be handles with caution, it isn’t for nothing that they are called willed. They live a tough life and is unexpectedly aggressive and full of stamina.
Ajapa

The Wikipedia entry of エゾシカ (Cervus nippon yesoensis) tells

…雄は体長90～190cm・体重50～130kg、雌は体長90～150cm・体重25～80kgに達する。

… the typical size of deer reaches body length 90-190cm and weight 50-130kg for males and 90-150cm, 25-80kg for females.

So, a 300cm long male deer can amount to about 200kg. Furthermore, they are in a breeding season just now. The Wikipedia entry briefly describes the history of protection and control of deer and the current situation. People in Hokkaido seem to be spending a difficult time of population control nowadays.

WangKon936

Two words… stun gun.

StarMagnus

Three words:
Animal Cruelty protesters

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