The Fishery and Conservation Department's cartoon urges not to feed wild boars to become "sucking." Netizens criticize double standards: Are you feeding again?

The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department's measures to trap and humanely destroy wild boars aroused controversy. However, in the face of opposition, the Department continued to implement measures on the grounds of protecting the public.

The Fishery and Conservation Department yesterday (26th) posted a cartoon on its Facebook page to remind the public not to feed wild boars. The content of the cartoon mentioned that "their habits have changed over time, making wild boars dependent on human feeding and losing their natural foraging." Instinct.”

However, the related posts attracted dissatisfaction from netizens, and more than 100 people criticized the AFCD and commented on it.

Many messages satirized the AFCD’s earlier wild boar hunting operations in the Southern District. It used bread as bait and questioned it as a double standard. What is the gameplay of using bread to lead the wild boar down the mountain and then shoot it on the spot?"

The AFCD posted a cartoon on Facebook to remind the public not to feed wild boars.

(Photo of Fishery Conservation Department Facebook)

The cartoon reminds the public not to feed wild boars to change their habits

The Fishery and Conservation Department posted a cartoon on Facebook yesterday. The text in the picture pointed out that if someone starts feeding wild boars, it will make the wild boar think that "feeding is simple", and gradually more wild boars go to the urban area to wait for people to feed, or even rob them. Food for walking people.

The department also pointed out that most wild boars haunt the suburbs, their whereabouts are secretive by nature, and they are used to avoid humans, and they mainly feed in the mountains and forests on weekdays.

However, in recent years, because many people feed wild boars, their habits have changed, causing wild boars to become dependent on human feeding and lose their natural foraging instinct.

Wild boars may mistakenly think that humans are equal to a source of food, so they walk near residential houses to find food, increasing the chance of contact between wild boars and humans, or bringing serious accidents and infectious diseases risks.

The post also urged the public not to feed wild boars.

▼On November 17, the Fisheries and Conservation Department rounded up wild boars at Shum Wan Road▼

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However, the post quickly "absorbed". As of 6:30 p.m. today (27th), out of 256 responses, 198 were "successful."

In more than 100 messages, many people criticized the AFCD’s practices, and some netizens asked the agency to severely punish the people who feed wild boars and immediately withdraw the new humanitarian destruction policy.

Another netizen was dissatisfied with the AFCD's use of bread to trap wild boars while urging the public not to feed them. They described it as a double standard: "If I talk about one thing and do another, I should do it if I am messed up?"

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