The Tama Zoo and the Ueno Zoo (both in Tokyo) perform annual training drills so that zookeepers know what to do when an animal escapes. Since they cannot use a dangerous beast, workers dress as the escapee, which gives zoo visitors and web surfers an entertaining interlude. The drill this week at the Ueno Zoo featured a Siberian tiger who got out of its pen during an earthquake. -via Pink Tentacle Previously: Rhino and Zebra drills.
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I'm waiting for the video with the real tiger.
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This is exactly how their JSDF (aka their "military") trains for attacks by China/Nkorea.
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So this is how they deal with furries in Japan...
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I have wondered how effective these drills are because I don't think wild animals would stay on the paved areas. Nor does poking a enraged animal with a stick have any pacifying effect.
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I miss Japan! Only in Japan can a drill be so "kawaii!!"
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