Burst
Written by: Zhu Yashuang and Li Jingshan
2021-01-31 20:00
Last update date: 2021-01-31 20:35
On the hillside of Cheung Pu Village, Pat Heung, Yuen Long, someone placed a 4-meter-long giant iron cage for catching wild boars. The police received an investigation today (31st) and immediately arrested two men suspected of using prohibited methods to hunt wild animals.
The Hong Kong Wild Boar Concern Group stated that some citizens complained that some people had welded their own iron cages for giant animals and sold wild pork in the village.
The concerned group stated that the iron cage was 4 meters long, 2.4 meters wide, and 2 meters high. It was about the size of a light truck or a medium-sized container and was large enough to hold at least 6 to 7 wild boars. It has been demolished.
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Two men are suspected of hunting wild animals in prohibited methods
The police received a report today that someone had placed an iron cage for catching wild boars on the hillside of Cheung Po Village, Pat Heung, Yuen Long.
Yuen Long Police District Criminal Investigation Team, the sixth animal team, took over the investigation and arrested two men, 48-year-old Zhang and 54-year-old Xie this afternoon, for hunting wild animals in prohibited methods. The arrested man is now being arrested. Detained for investigation.
The related wild pig cage has also been removed.
The police and related departments and agencies have conducted a search around the site for illegally placed animal traps, but they have not been found.
It is understood that one of the arrested persons is a villager.
The Hong Kong Wild Boar Concern Group stated that the police seized a welding tool suspected of being used to make traps at the suspect’s Yuen Long residence today. Some people admitted that the tool should be used to catch wild animals.
Similar in size to light trucks or medium-sized containers
The Hong Kong Wild Boar Concern Group stated that it has recently received complaints from the public that some people in the village of Yuen Long were welding homemade iron cages for capturing giant animals and selling wild pork in the village.
The director of the Concern Group, Roni, described the scale of the catch as very rare. It is the largest trap ever seen by the Concern Group since its establishment in 2013. It is 4 meters long, 2.4 meters wide, and 2 meters high. It is about the same size as a light truck or a medium container. If it is enough to hold at least 6 to 7 wild boars.
After communicating with the public, the Animal Protection Association and the Fisheries and Conservation Department, the concern group has demolished the trap.
The attention group is very angry that some people blatantly illegally caught and hunted wild boar, and even sold and consumed wild boar.
Roni pointed out that from time to time, he heard people selling wild pork to friends or restaurants. The price was several times more expensive than ordinary pork. He called on people familiar with the matter to call 3661 4764 to contact the sixth team of the Yuen Long Criminal Investigation Team to provide information.
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