University of Hong Kong issues warning after wild pig attacks injure two near campus
Attacks prompt call from district councillor for a crackdown on people who feed the animals
The University of Hong Kong was on high alert on Wednesday, a day after the university issued a warning to be on the lookout for wild pigs following a pair of attacks near the campus.
A 39-year-old woman was attacked at about 11.15am on Tuesday by a boar near HKU’s Lyttelton Road exit, outside of Cambridge Gardens in Babington Path in the Mid-Levels. Emergency personnel arrived at the scene after the woman called police.
“She was injured in the head, chest and limbs and taken conscious to Queen Mary Hospital for treatment,” a police spokesman said. While police were at the hospital, another woman reported that her husband had been injured by a wild pig in Babington Path.
In that incident, a 41-year-old man suffered scratches to the face, hands and legs, police said.