A Japanese company making ferocious-looking robot wolves is being swamped by orders after record numbers of fatal bear attacks on humans last year. "Monster Wolf" is an animatronic scarecrow with flashing red eyes that howls and growls menacingly to scare away wild animals. Ohta Seiki, the Hokkaido-based firm that makes the devices, has already received around 50 orders in 2026, more than they usually see in an entire year. "We make them by hand. We cannot make them fast enough now. We are