{"id":167665,"date":"2024-12-10T14:12:20","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T05:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=167665&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2024-12-10T14:12:20","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T05:12:20","slug":"new-traps-counter-monkey-nakagawa","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/new-traps-counter-monkey-nakagawa\/","title":{"rendered":"New Traps to Counter Monkey Incidents in Nakagawa City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nakagawa City, Fukuoka Prefecture, plans to install new cage traps to capture monkeys following a series of injuries caused by monkey attacks. Between September 2023 and January 2024, there were 12 reported incidents involving monkeys, leaving 15 people injured, including three children bitten near their homes in November 2023. Analysis suggests the involvement of one male and one female monkey, but they remain uncaptured.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The city has allocated \u00a53.03 million in its supplementary budget for traps measuring 7m x 3m x 2.4m, to be discussed in December\u2019s council session. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/fukuoka-news\/20241209\/5010026438.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NHK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-167655\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/fnn_monkey-unsplash-dec_2024_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C933&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"New Traps to Counter Monkey Incidents in Nakagawa City\" width=\"1400\" height=\"933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/fnn_monkey-unsplash-dec_2024_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/fnn_monkey-unsplash-dec_2024_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/fnn_monkey-unsplash-dec_2024_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/fnn_monkey-unsplash-dec_2024_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>Photo by<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Katharine Crompton<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unsplash<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nakagawa City, Fukuoka Prefecture, plans to install new cage traps to capture monkeys following a series of injuries caused by monkey attacks&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":167662,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-167665","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-prefecture","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/167665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167665"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}