The Fisheries and Conservation Department, together with the police, carried out a round-up of wild boars on Shum Wan Road in Aberdeen yesterday (17th). After being anesthetized, 7 wild boars were immediately and humanitarianly destroyed.
The director of the Hong Kong Wild Boar Concern Group, Wong Ho-yin, criticized on a radio program today (18) that the department "trapped" wild boars with bread. The practice is very despicable, and it is a "negative teaching material" for the public, which runs counter to the practice of educating the public not to feed.
The Assistant Director of Fisheries and Conservation Department Chen Jianfeng pointed out that the operation will not change the habits of wild boars, and will continue to adopt similar methods in the future, also known as humane handling methods.
Wong Ho-yin, director of the Hong Kong Wild Boar Concern Group, pointed out on the TV and TV program "Millenniums" that he observed in the field last night and believed that the department’s approach was despicable. He described it as a "regressive civilization" and that there was no local or national government that would use this method. deal with.
He said that the practice has changed the habits of wild boars and agreed with the government's appeal to the public not to feed wild animals. However, he did not understand why the department implemented the new measures so quickly that there was no consultation process or any cooling-off period before.
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Wong Ho-yin said that the AFCD’s capture, contraception, sterilization, and release operations were effective in 2017. The concern group will continue to educate the public not to feed wild boars. He also hopes to meet with the Director of Fisheries and Conservation and the Secretary for Food and Health to discuss policy.
In addition, some listeners called to the radio to criticize the government's method of "cutting the toes to avoid sand bugs." However, some citizens believe that the key is that people who constantly feed wild boars have changed the habits of wild boars and "do bad things with good intentions."
The Assistant Director of Fisheries and Conservation Department Chen Jianfeng pointed out in the same program that the handling methods were humane last night.
(Information Picture/Photographed by Zhang Haowei)
The Assistant Director of Fisheries and Conservation Department, Chen Jianfeng, pointed out in the same program that Sham Wan Road had done 12 relocation operations in the past, but the problem could not be improved. The 7 wild boars caught last night weighed between 50 and 170 kilograms, and they have been used to falling off for a long time. In residential areas, even though a large number of government personnel and the media were present last night, they were not wary of people, not afraid of humans, and emphasized that actions will not change the habits of wild boars. Similar methods will continue to be adopted in the future.
Chen Jianfeng said that the humane handling methods last night were first to arrest with a narcotic gun and then to destroy it humanely with drugs. He even pointed out that some overseas countries dealt with it by hunting and killing.
He once again urged the public not to feed wild boars. The department is also considering expanding the no-feeding area and increasing penalties.
The Southern District Council advocates raising the penalties for feeding wild boars and expanding the no-feeding area for 64,000 wild boars. Zhong Jianmin: Friendly to people and easy to respond. Shanyou stimulated the Fisheries and Conservation Department to catch wild boars 5 times a month. Stop contraception if there is no danger and relocate the hunting team
