Cleanup of plastic bag litter in Nara aims to protect deer

Volunteers joined a cleanup campaign Wednesday to get rid of plastic bag litter in western Japan's Nara Park in a bid to protect wild deer in the area.Plastic bags discarded by tourists and others are seen as a threat to deer dwelling in and around the park in Nara, an ancient Japanese capital and a major travel destination.Participants in the effort, spearheaded by the Nara Deer Preservation Foundation, picked up plastic bags and other garbage in the park as well as at Kasugataisha, a Shinto shrine, and Kofukuji, a Buddhist temple, nearby.Numerous plastic bags were found in the stomachs of…READ FULL ARTICLE