ONLY IN JAPAN: With Government Unable To Deal With Surging Bear Populations, Citizens Have Deployed a Pack of Robot-Wolves To Counter Them (VIDEO)
Apex predators versus scary robots: soon in a Japanese town.
We have been reporting here on TGP about the surge in ursine populations in Japan, and how the attacks on livestock, pets, and humans have skyrocketed to a record of fatalities in 2025.
In some regions, bears are showing up near homes, schools, and construction sites so often that it’s now become a national issue.
We have also been reporting on how robots have left the pages of science fiction and have been catapulted into our lives.
Now, it seems that these two stories have collided, as it arises that Japan is responding to the threat by building giant robotic wolves with glowing red eyes and terrifying sounds to scare the bears away.
🇯🇵 A Japanese company making ferocious-looking robot wolves is being swamped by orders after record numbers of fatal bear attacks on humans last year.
➡️ https://t.co/za0BDVrwrN pic.twitter.com/IgRU4GAykU— AFP News Agency (@AFP) May 13, 2026
The Telegraph reported:
“Japan has deployed a pack of robot wolves to battle the country’s record surge in bear attacks on humans. The devices, known as ‘Monster Wolves’, are designed to scare away bears and other wild animals using flashing red eyes, loud growls and howling sounds.
Ohta Seiki, the Hokkaido-based company that makes the devices, said demand for the machines has surged. It has already received around 50 orders in 2026, more than the usual volume for an entire year. Yuji Ohta, the firm’s president, said orders had exceeded normal annual demand within a few months.
‘We make them by hand. We cannot make them fast enough now’, Mr. Ohta told AFP, adding that customers are facing waits of up to three months.”
🇯🇵 Farms in Japan are being patrolled by creepy robot wolves designed to protect fields and crops
Japan has recently introduced mechanical wolf known as “Monster Wolf”
The name suits the machine perfectly pic.twitter.com/fHj7R3Cu5Z
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Besides the record 13 people killed by Japanese bears in 2025, more than 50,000 sightings were recorded nationwide.
“The animals were seen entering homes, approaching schools and roaming through shopping areas, raising concerns about public safety. The number captured and culled nearly tripled from a year earlier to 14,601, also marking a record high. The crisis is particularly acute in northern Japan, where local media reported that sightings in April were more than four times higher than last year as the animals emerged from hibernation.”
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