Two of the three hunting dogs that attacked and killed an 89-year-old man in a motorized wheelchair Wednesday afternoon in Kagoshima Prefecture were captured later the same night, police said Thursday.
The two Plott hounds, which are bred to hunt raccoon, bear and boar, were captured by police in the city of Kanoya when they came down from a mountain after their 70-year-old owner whistled for them.
The hounds were immediately transported to a local public health center.
The remaining dog had died after eating a poisoned dumpling placed by the public health center specifically to target the dogs.