Japanese resort towns battle biting monkey
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August 30, 2010, Monday
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RESIDENTS of neighboring resort towns in central Japan are waging a battle against a marauding monkey that has bitten dozens of people in the past few weeks - and the monkey is winning.
Nearly 60 people in the towns of Mishima and Susono near the scenic Izu peninsula and Mount Fuji have been chomped by the macaque since mid-August, mostly on the calves. Mishima now publishes a daily "biting monkey" alert on the town website, posting where the animal was most recently spotted and warning residents to keep doors and windows shut.
Fed up with the troublemaker, about 130 officials - including police and zookeepers - conducted a monkey hunt yesterday in hopes of capturing it. Despite the show of force - many came armed with binoculars, nets and tranquilizer guns - the search was fruitless.
"We ended up not being able to catch a monkey, or find one, today," Susono town official Yuki Omori said, adding that no attacks have been reported since Friday.
Nearly 60 people in the towns of Mishima and Susono near the scenic Izu peninsula and Mount Fuji have been chomped by the macaque since mid-August, mostly on the calves. Mishima now publishes a daily "biting monkey" alert on the town website, posting where the animal was most recently spotted and warning residents to keep doors and windows shut.
Fed up with the troublemaker, about 130 officials - including police and zookeepers - conducted a monkey hunt yesterday in hopes of capturing it. Despite the show of force - many came armed with binoculars, nets and tranquilizer guns - the search was fruitless.
"We ended up not being able to catch a monkey, or find one, today," Susono town official Yuki Omori said, adding that no attacks have been reported since Friday.
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