Wild boars are often seen lingering on the streets in the urban area. On Tuesday (9th), there were even wild boars biting the wounds of the male auxiliary police, which caused deep bones to be seen. Then make humanitarian destruction and consider expanding the no-feeding area for wild animals.
The community has polarized opinions on the measures. Some people have asked for the withdrawal of the decision of humanitarian destruction and questioned that it may constitute excessive fishing. Some people in the fishery and farming circles believe that the policy does not take into account the impact of wild boar on suburban residents and farmers and livestock farmers. In addition, it is also possible to consider restarting the wild boar hunting team that has been suspended since 2017 to control the number of wild boars.
In response to enquiries, the AFCD stated that it believed that the relevant strategy would not cause excessive arrests.
In addition, the Department will also consider and evaluate the feasibility of other methods for handling wild boars, including hunting.
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The Hong Kong Wild Boar Concern Group issued an article this morning stating that it firmly opposes the "humane destruction" animal policy. It believes that the department abolished the hunting operations with live ammunition two years ago and implemented a peaceful and rational "coexistence between humans and pigs" policy, but now it chooses to go backwards. Incomprehensible and angry.
The Concern Group put forward six major demands, including urging the Department to immediately withdraw the relevant policies and suggesting an additional observation period for citizens to change their habits of feeding wild boars.
In an interview yesterday, the secretary Wong Ho-yin said that as an animal protection group, "do not want to go this far", thinking that it was the result of the people's indiscriminate feeding. As a helpless decision, he was also worried that there would be excessive arrests.
He Junxian, a member of the Agriculture and Fisheries Legislative Council, pointed out that to solve the problem of wild boar nuisance, it is necessary to start with civic education, criminal responsibility, sterilization, hunting, etc.
He described that many people are "full of love" to feed wild boars, causing too many wild boars to enter the community, eventually causing nuisance to the residents and even harming them.
The Fisheries and Conservation Department proposed yesterday to expand the wildlife no-feeding zone. What does it mean to feed any wild animals in the no-feeding zone? Offenders can be fined up to 10,000 yuan, and other places can issue a fixed penalty notice of 1,500 yuan to feeders. , Believes that the deterrence is insufficient, and believes that the former’s criminal liability should be extended to cover the whole of Hong Kong, and repeated offenders may even be considered for sentencing.
Call on the government to deal with the problem of overdose of wild boar in the suburbs
As for the AFCD's proposal for the capture of wild boars and humane destruction in urban areas, Ho Chunxian believes that the government should also pay attention to the excessive reproduction of wild boars and the impact on suburban residents and the local agricultural and livestock industry.
He pointed out that in the past, AFCD would relocate wild boars to the suburbs after they caught wild boars in urban areas, eventually increasing the number of wild boars in the suburbs. The wild boars had broken into residential houses and damaged crops. He was also worried that wild boars would bring African swine fever and endanger local pig farms. .
He said: "The government of the wild boar in the suburbs doesn't care. Several farmers eat and sun, and the balance is not well done. The wild boars become solar eclipse crops and affect the supply." It has a certain effect to reduce the number of wild boars in the suburbs, but it may not be the most effective way to control breeding. Moreover, the AFCD uses injections of drugs for humane destruction, which requires a large amount of social resources. More than a dozen people are dispatched to catch and transport pigs. The cost is too high. He proposed to re-apply to the hunting team. Licensing is issued and open to social discussion. "Licensing is only for future use." In order to avoid the need to restart the hunting team after research, it will take more than a year to carry out the licensing process.
He added that even if the hunting team is restarted, there should be a high threshold. For example, it needs to be summoned by the government to be dispatched instead of allowing the team members to hunt wild boars.
Fisheries and Conservation Department: Consider the feasibility of handling wild boars including hunting
In response to enquiries, the Fisheries and Conservation Department stated that in order to cope with the increasing nuisance of wild boars in urban areas and residential buildings, it will catch wild boars that appear in urban areas and give priority to handling of wild boars that have infested a large number of wild boars, and that wild boars have hurt people or are dangerous to the public. Place.
The strategy will not cause excessive arrests.
The Department will inject drugs into the captured wild boar for humane destruction.
As for those who expressed the hope that hunting licenses can be reissued to hunting teams, will the Department consider resuming the trading to help curb the number of wild boars? The AFCD replied that the Department will also consider and evaluate the feasibility of other methods for handling wild boars, including hunting. .
▼▼The situation of the North Point wild boar attacking the male auxiliary police▼▼
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▼▼Injury of male auxiliary police▼▼
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