Hong Kong pop star Coco Lee’s mother breaks hip, shatters elbow in wild boar attack on The Peak
- Traumatised Frances Wang, 83, undergoes five hours of surgery after boar charge near her home
- Conservation expert warns wild boar situation in Hong Kong is close to getting ‘out of hand’
Pop star Coco Lee’s mother had to undergo five hours of surgery for injuries she suffered during a wild boar attack near her Hong Kong home in The Peak neighbourhood, the singer’s elder sister has told the Post.
Nancy Lee spoke of the pain and trauma that her 83-year-old mother Frances Wang had suffered, as she warned of the growing nuisance and even danger posed by a surge in the wild boar population straying into urban areas.
She accused wildlife authorities of negligence and failing to act on repeated complaints, but while the Agricultural, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) said it was aware of the incident, it denied receiving any other nuisance complaints from that particular neighbourhood. However, a conservation expert warned the wild boar situation in Hong Kong was close to getting “out of hand”.
Lee said her mother was on her daily walk on Thursday morning last week with her domestic helper and two pet dogs near their home on Barker Road when she was attacked.
Wang was carrying a bag of dry cat food when the wild boar jumped out of the thick undergrowth and crashed into her, knocking her to the ground. The fall shattered her right elbow and fractured her right hip.