We recently reported on mutations and DNA damage being caused to animals who live near the site of the Fukushima disaster. Now, new reports are surfacing about radioactive wild boars that are terrorizing locals who live near the nuclear site. According to the IB Times: Locals living near the now-defunct Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant still have a hard time dealing with lingering effects of the 2011 meltdown. Adding to their woes is havoc caused by radioactive wild boars on the rampage, damaging private property and crops. According to reports, the population of boars in the region has increased 330% in five years since the disaster and the animals continue to “breed like rabbits”, especially in the quarantine zone uninhabited by humans. The wild animals also venture outside the zone, damaging farms and private property, and injuring pedestrians. According to the Yomiuri newspaper, the government has offered rewards to hunters for culling the boars. In the city of Nihonmatsu, six large graves capable of holding 600 boars each are already packed and locals are often forced to bury them in their gardens. “Sooner or later, we’re going to have to ask local people to give us their land to use,” Tsuneo Saito, a [...]