Victims of an ill-tempered monkey which terrorized a town in western Japan are to be offered compensation.
As many as 2,500 licensed hunters, firefighters and police officers
were mobilized to snare the primate after it set upon 18 people during a 13-day rampage through Hyuga.
The wild macaque was finally cornered in a vacant house on September 9.
The monkey was put down shortly thereafter.
The municipal assembly of Hyuga, in Miyazaki prefecture, unanimously
approved a bill to offer 20,000 yen (£120, $205) to each person the male
monkey had attacked.
“Considering the seriousness of the situation, in which the residents
were consecutively menaced and many of whom suffered injuries, we have
decided to provide compensation money for this incident,” a municipal
official explained.
Patrols were continuing around the streets in case of further danger, the official said.
"But we have not found any other monkeys threatening our people," city
official Kenji Yoshida said. "The city has now returned to calm and
normal." Macaque monkeys are common in the wild throughout Japan, where
the densely-wooded hillsides provide a habitat.
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