Communities in northern Japan are being ransacked by wild radioactive boar exposed to toxins from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi power plant.
In March 2011, an earthquake launched a tsunami off the coast of Japan, which destroyed three nuclear reactors at the Fukushima power plant. Since then, hundreds of tons of radioactive waste has been released into the air and sea. The long-term impact that the radiation will have on nearby wildlife remains uncertain.
The number of boar in the Fukushima Prefecture has increased by 330 percent in recent years, according to the Daily Mail. The creatures were exposed to radiation after consuming berries, roots and small critters tainted by radiation from the Fukushima site. The boar rapidly propagated in the exclusion zone surrounding the power plant. This has caused damage to farms far beyond the sequestered area.
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