日本农场用机器狼驱赶野猪

Japan is answering the problem of too many wild boars creatively by scaring them off with robotic wolves.

The wolves, which have fangs, fur and red eyes, are being implemented to help farmers protect their crops from the growing wild boar population.

The wolves were tested last summer, and the product will now be produced and available all over Japan.

Sometimes called the “Super Monster Wolf,” the invention runs on solar-rechargeable* batteries.

The wolves are US$5,000 each, and they can produce a variety of howls, which serve to confuse wild boars and keep them away from farmers’ crops.

Japan’s wild boar problem is growing, and the animals are now negatively affecting the country’s northern regions. The species was not known to be able to survive winters there, but they have multiplied in the area because climate change has boosted seasonal temperatures.

An official from a northern region in Japan said the animals are moving north largely because global warming has reduced snowfall, making it easier for them to survive winter.

The boars eat rice and potatoes among other crops and the Japanese government said the animals caused more than US$46 million in agricultural damage in 2015.

(SD-Agencies)