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To address the growing issue of wild bears encroaching into their territory, the town of Takikawa in Japan has adopted an unconventional approach. The small village has widely installed robot wolves.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Powered by solar energy, the admittedly frightful Monster Wolf was designed to minimize "friction between residents and bears." It ...

As Japan experiences a rise in bear encounters, including a record number of fatal attacks in 2025, a company's robot wolf has become one of the country's most in-demand safety tools. According to CBS ...

A Japanese manufacturer of animatronic wolves designed to scare off wild animals is being swamped with orders as the East Asian country grapples with rising bear attacks. Ohta Seiki, a company based ...

A Japanese manufacturer of animatronic wolves designed to scare off wild animals is being swamped with orders as the East Asian country grapples with rising bear attacks. Ohta Seiki, a company based ...

Japan’s record bear crisis has turned a once-mocked animatronic wolf into essential rural tech, with demand outpacing supply. Somewhere on a golf course in rural Hokkaido, a mechanical wolf with ...