Tweet of the Week #84: Tokyo Metropolitan Police Spend Three Days Catching a Wild Deer

In an ironic twist of fate, the Earth seems to be thriving during the coronavirus pandemic as human activity slowed down. Carbon emissions have decreased and even a jellyfish was spotted swimming through the canals in Venice.

Earlier this week, a wild deer that had returned to civilization in Tokyo made the Japanese police sweat during a three-day hunt. The animal was spotted several times over the past month, wandering around in Adachi Ward, a district located north of central Tokyo.

河川敷のシカ捕獲の瞬間　警察と足立区職員が包囲(20/06/03) https://t.co/GdmxWZ3p3t @YouTubeより

— まーきー (@marquee77) June 3, 2020

河川敷（かせんじき）のシカ捕獲（ほかく）の瞬間（しゅんかん）　警察（けいさつ）と足立区（あだちく）職員（しょくいん）が包囲（ほうい）　(20/06/03) 

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The moment police and Adachi ward staff surrounded and captured the deer on the riverbed (20/06/03)

While we sympathize with our four-legged friend—lockdown or not, cities aren’t the friendliest place for wildlife. Busy roads, in particular, represent the biggest threat for animals. To avoid any drama, the authorities made several attempts to catch our wannabe Bambi. It took about three days and 30 people from the police and animal control departments to finally get the poor thing to jump into their nets.

Luckily, no one was injured during the hunt and the young male deer has been released into the temporary care of the ward facility for wild animals.

The story made the news and left Tokyo peeps holding their breaths, hoping the deer would be caught and released safely.

https://twitter.com/yorozya_1/status/1268068349805649921?s=20

(ｏﾟДﾟ) 鹿（しか）さん′オス年齢（ねんれい）不詳（ふしょう） 本日（ほんじつ）午前（ごぜん）11時半（じゅういちじはん）過（す）ぎ逮捕！

河川敷のシカ捕獲の瞬間　2日（ににち）から追（お）いかけようやく2020/06/03 

東京（とうきょう）・足立区などの河川敷で連日（れんじつ）、目撃（もくげき）されていたシカは3日（さんにち）午前9時（じ）ごろ、足立区の荒川（あらかわ）河川敷の堀切橋（ほりきりばし）付近（ふきん）で見（み）つかり 区や警視庁（けいしちょう）の職員が大（おお）きなネットを持（も）って取（と）り囲（かこ）み

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A male deer of unknown age was caught today a little after half past 11am!

Here’s the moment he was captured on June 3, 2020, after being chased on June 2.

The deer, spotted in Tokyo and Adachi ward for several days, was found near the Horikiri Bridge of the Arakawa River in Adachi Ward around 9 a.m. on June 3 where the metropolitan police and ward employees surrounded and caught him in a big net.

What a ‘peaceful’ country

While we’re all thrilled the deer is safe and sound, some folks pointed out that having such a story making the news made Japan sound a little bit too peaceful, all things considered.

シカ捕獲がニュースになるって平和すぎん？ pic.twitter.com/iIs0Ma0qrG

— なかむらそら (@nakasora0812) June 3, 2020

シカ捕獲がニュースになるって平和（へいわ）すぎん？

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Is Japan that peaceful for deer capture to become news?

The coronavirus outbreak forced us to hole up in our homes, unable to go anywhere. But wildlife didn’t get the memo. Or maybe they were just always here, plotting to reclaim urban territories.

Give an example using the conjunction など

The conjunction など translates to “such thing as,” “things like,” but also “etc.” In short, you’re creating a partial list, giving one example of a category of things or actions.

With a noun:

東京・足立区など” = (In places) such as Tokyo, Adachi Ward, etc.

With a dictionary form verb:

週末（しゅうまつ）に本（ほん）を読（よ）むなど = On the weekend, I read a book and so on…

If you want to give more than one example, like in “A and B, etc.”, then you should use the structure AやBなど

シカやイノシシなどの動物（どうぶつ）が目撃されている = Animals like deer and boars are being spotted.

Vocabulary

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