Residents in the northern city complain that the roaming wildlife phenomenon is out of control, posing a danger to pets and even humans.

• Wild boars in Haifa // Photo: Islands. Nose. times

Wild boars that invade the Carmel Forest Range and roam freely in nearby residential neighborhoods are a well-known and well-known phenomenon for Carmel area residents in recent years, but many residents say that pigs roaming freely among the courtyards are no longer a favorite nuisance or "environmental attraction."

Residents talk about the real danger of life, especially the pets that the wild boars attack, and more importantly they pose a real danger to people who encounter them in parks and public gardens and even in private homes and gardens.

Yoav Davidi, a resident of Carmelia neighborhood, told Israel Today that in recent months, dozens of wild boars have invaded their residential areas near the Carmel ridge, causing enormous damage: "In the past, we treated the phenomenon as a type of attraction, Other scraps of food and go away when you banish them. The municipality also made sure to dilute the wild boars through a legal hunter, but this year it has already become a real danger.

"Dozens of details invade residential and attack areas." Wild boars in Haifa // Photo: Islands. Nose. times

"Herds of wild boars with dozens of individuals invade residential areas, attacking cats and dogs and also residents trying to deport them. Our neighbor's dog was badly injured after wild boars attacked him and we also found street cats' corpses that were apparently attacked by wild boars. Weighing 40, 50kg growling at you with their long, prickly needles, we approached the municipality a number of times and told us that it was in treatment and that there was a problem with the pig thinning through hunting but it seemed they were just breeding. "

Other residents told Israel Today about their fear of freelancing wild boars, Anat Meiri, a resident of the Ahuza neighborhood of central Carmel, said: "Last weekend we invaded six wild boars, two really big and four small piglets. They came from the nearby wadi as always to look for food in the garbage cans. My cat ran towards them and growled at them and they actually attacked her.

"I was scared that something more serious would happen to her and that she would be injured and tried to get close to her but it was really scary it looked like they were going to storm me with their pimples. I ran away and my cat luckily climbed a tree and they got away. Home and they came across wild boars right at the entrance to the building. It's a scary experience I wish no one had. "

"It's not a pest but a protected wildlife" // Photo: EI. Nose. times

Organizing a tort claim against the municipality

Israel Today has also learned that a number of residents in the Carmel area have begun to organize a lawsuit against the Haifa Municipality: "Beyond the danger posed by them, the wild boars simply trample and destroy everything that comes their way, maybe a tort claim will incentivize the mayor to act, it's just lawlessness . Why wait for a child or an elderly person to injure God? ”He told the Carmel resident today.

A senior Haifa municipality official confirmed to Israel Today that this is a familiar phenomenon, especially in the winter months, according to Mayor Einat Kalish Rotem, which has established a special unit for the deer of pigs and will soon reduce the number of wild boars: "It is not pests that can be killed but a protected wildlife. To dilute their number by legal means, certain approvals are required from various parties and we are working to bring about the phenomenon. "