An auxiliary policeman was bitten by a wild boar while on duty last week. The Fisheries and Conservation Department will capture wild boars that haunt the urban area every month and destroy them humanely. The policy has aroused social discussion.
The Assistant Director (Natural Conservation) of the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, Chen Jianfeng, stated on the Hong Kong and Taiwan program "Millennium" today (15th) that the target is to conduct 5 operations a month and focus on black spots where wild boars are infested.
He pointed out that many people say that wild boars will not actively attack people, but their inertia in the urban area is dangerous.
As for the wild boar contraception/relocation pilot program implemented in 2017, Chen Jianfeng stated that the program will be stopped from now on because the sterilization effect cannot keep up with the number of breeding.
The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department's goal is to conduct five catch operations per month.
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Will catch wild boars that inertially appear in the community
The Assistant Director (Natural Conservation) of the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department Chen Jianfeng pointed out that the goal is to conduct 5 capture operations a month, focusing on black spots where a large number of wild boars are infested. When wild boars are infested, they will be caught.
When asked if the wild boar did not attack, the authorities would still capture and destroy it humanely. He pointed out that many people said that wild boar would not actively attack, but if wild boar inertially appeared in the community, there would still be a certain danger. Non-extinct wild boars will only deal with wild boars that appear in the urban area and will not catch wild boars in the suburbs.
As for how to distinguish wild boars with inertia in the urban area, he said that because wild boars appear more often than at night, if wild boars are not afraid of people and will appear during the day, it means that they have changed their habits.
Chen Jianfeng pointed out that the authorities have implemented different measures to deal with the wild boar problem since 2017, but the nuisance situation is still high. Last year, there were 11 cases of wild boar wounding. It means that the authorities have chosen to act decisively to protect the safety of citizens.
Regarding the launch of the pilot program for wild boar catching and contraception/relocation at the end of 2017, he said that since the speed of neutering cannot keep up with the number of breeding, the program will be stopped from now on.
The authorities plan to amend the "Wild Animal Protection Regulations", or expand the wild animal no-feeding area to the black spots of wild boars.
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Research to reduce the number of wild boars by hunting
The authorities plan to amend the "Wild Animal Protection Ordinance" to expand the no-feeding areas for wild animals and prohibit artificial feeding of wild animals in order to reduce the number of wild boars and their nuisance.
Chen Jianfeng pointed out that the current no-feeding areas are mainly in country parks, and will study the extension to black spots of wild boars, and strengthen prosecution and public education.
Chen Jianfeng also pointed out that in the future, hunting is one of the methods to reduce the number of wild boars.
It is worth noting that there have been two private wild boar hunting teams in Hong Kong in the past. They held special wild boar hunting permits issued by the Fisheries and Conservation Department under the Wildlife Protection Ordinance. However, the AFCD stopped issuing licenses to wild boar hunting teams in 2019. .
The Concern Group urges the Fisheries and Conservation Department to withdraw the killing of wild boars. The reprimands are too urgent for consultation, like a civilization retreat. Three wild boars. Vision Pig "survive is damned" to urge withdrawal
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