In view of the increase in the number of wild boar injuries in recent years, and on Tuesday (9th) a police officer in North Point was bitten by a wild boar until a bone in his calf was seen. And to destroy it humanely; also study and amend the "Wild Animal Protection Ordinance", expand the prohibition of wild animal feeding areas, prohibit artificial feeding of wild animals, and reduce the number of wild boars and nuisances.
The Hong Kong Wild Boar Concern Group stated on its Facebook page this (13th) morning that it firmly opposes the animal policy of "humane destruction". Choosing to drive the car upside down is puzzling and angry.
The Concern Group urged the Department to immediately withdraw the relevant policies and put forward several suggestions including adding an observation period for the public to change the habits of feeding wild boars.
Nearly 1:00 am today, the Hong Kong Wild Boar Concern Group posted a post on Facebook and sent a letter to the Director of Fisheries and Conservation Department Liang Zhaohui, asking the department to immediately withdraw the "humane destruction" wild boar policy.
According to the article, the concern group has been firmly opposed to relevant policies, and pointed out that "humane destruction" is never humane, but deprived of the lives of innocent animals. It also pointed out that in 2019, the AFCD abolished the hunting operations with live ammunition and actively carried out a pioneering policy-"capture, contraception" Needle/sterilize, put it back"; today, he chose to go backwards, interrupting the peaceful policy of coexistence between humans and pigs.
The Concern Group pointed out that since the end of 2017, the AFCD has implemented a more peaceful and rational wild boar policy and abolished private wild boar hunting teams. It is indeed a pioneer in the world. However, the pioneer policy needs time and resources to improve in order to reduce the conflict between humans and pigs in the long run. To the "human and pig coexistence", but now the implementation of the inhumane "humane destruction" policy is puzzling and angry.
The development of cities has forced animals to adapt to changes in the environment, and the general public’s empathy for animals has increased unabated. Government education is indispensable, and the Fisheries and Conservation Department is also duty-bound.
The Concern Group urged the AFCD to immediately withdraw the policy of regular catching and "humane destruction" of wild boars, and put forward 5 other suggestions, including "additional cooling-off period/observation period" to allow citizens to change their habits of feeding wild boars and increase resources to implement "catch and contraception" "Needle/sterilization, put back" policy and improve the design of trash cans, strengthen the training of department personnel in dealing with wild animals, comprehensively implement education on the correct treatment of animals, and invite civil organizations and the public to discuss policies with the Fisheries and Conservation Department.
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This Tuesday (9th), there was a wild boar wandering on Tin Hau Temple Road in North Point. Police officers arrived at the scene with a shield to deal with it. At first, the atmosphere was calm. However, when the Fisheries and Conservation Department officers arrived at the scene to catch the wild boar, the wild boar suddenly rushed to a 52-year-old. Auxiliary police, and bite frantically.
The auxiliary policeman was bitten on the buttocks and right calf, with deep bones visible in the right calf wound. The wounded wild boar jumped off a 10-meter-deep hillside and died of serious injuries.
Regarding the "humane destruction" of the wild boar policy of the Fisheries and Conservation Department, when the Hong Kong wild boar concern group officer Roni was interviewed by "Hong Kong 01" yesterday, he frankly said that it was caused by the people's random feeding. It happened; Yang Jiaquan, the former captain of the wild boar hunting team, welcomed the policy and believed that "it should be done early in the morning." However, in the recent past, wild boars have repeatedly injured people and forced the government to make up for it.
Urban infested wild boars are now being destroyed by humane attention group: the consequences of the citizens' indiscriminate feeding The Fisheries and Conservation Department will regularly catch urban infested wild boars and humane destruction training regulations today to expand the no-feeding zone North Point wild boar attacked policemen were bitten all over their bodies, bruised their calves and saw bones in their wounds. Wild boars are powerful and irritable. The animal world "Desperately Saburo" has killed people. 20 Wild boars ran after red. Netizens questioned that someone was feeding: it would be dangerous to draw the sun out of the road
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