News Nara deer turns up Osaka residential area

[thomas]

On the national news in Japan: a deer, most likely a semi-tamed specimen from Nara, turned up in the centre of Osaka.

A stray deer frequently spotted in Osaka in the past few days was captured in a local police facility on Wednesday, the city said, adding the animal was in good condition and will be moved to a temporary shelter in the city. The sudden appearance of the deer in the city last weekend has fed speculation that it may have traveled from Nara Park, a famous tourist spot known for over a thousand wild deer, in Nara Prefecture, neighboring Osaka Prefecture. But Nara Gov. Makoto Yamashita said at a press conference earlier Wednesday that he would not accept freeing the captured deer into the wild in Nara Prefecture, in response to an inquiry from Osaka city and prefecture.

Stray deer frequently spotted in Osaka captured - The Mainichi

OSAKA (Kyodo) -- A stray deer frequently spotted in Osaka in the past few days was captured in a local police facility on Wednesday, the city said, ad

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That posed quite a challenge to the local bureaucracy:

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According to the latest news, the Osaka Municipality has caught the deer. However, authorities seem unsure what to do with it because "wild" deer captured in Osaka are legally supposed to be released there.

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