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
Hong Kong authorities will now regularly capture wild boars and put them down in a major policy shift for controlling the most commonly seen wild animals in the city.

The change in approach follows a rising number of sightings of the animals in densely populated areas in recent years, with injuries to residents occasionally reported, sparking heated debate on how best to handle the nuisance.

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