People look on as a wild boar raids a rubbish bin at Tai Mo Shan. Photo: Winson Wong
People look on as a wild boar raids a rubbish bin at Tai Mo Shan. Photo: Winson Wong
Wild boar

Hong Kong to regularly capture and kill wild boars after spate of run-ins with residents

  • Under new strategy, wildlife officials will carry out capture operations every month using dart guns with anaesthetics
  • Change comes after rising number of sightings in recent years, with a police officer bitten on the leg this week

People look on as a wild boar raids a rubbish bin at Tai Mo Shan. Photo: Winson Wong
People look on as a wild boar raids a rubbish bin at Tai Mo Shan. Photo: Winson Wong
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