During the Legislative Council election at the end of last year, Ye Liu Shuyi, chairman of the New Democracy Party, who repeatedly spoke out in support of the killing of wild boars, followed up on the issue at the first official meeting of the Legislative Council, and asked the Environment Bureau in writing about the measures taken by the Environment Bureau to reduce the nuisance of wild boars entering the urban area, including the meeting. Whether to strengthen penalties for illegal feeding and the number of urban wild boars culled.
The Director of the Environment Bureau, Wong Kam-sing, replied that the measures to kill wild boars have been publicized since November 12 last year, and a total of 38 wild boars have been treated humanely within two months. He emphasized that these wild boars caused nuisance in urban areas and nearby residential areas. The AFCD will continue to monitor wild boars. Infested, timely assessment of the scope and effectiveness of the capture action.
He also pointed out that there were 45 cases of wild boar wounding in the past 10 years, and more than 80% (39 cases) occurred in the past four years, involving more than 40 people, reflecting the obvious upward trend of wild boar wounding.
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Huang Jinxing pointed out that wild boars have become more frequent in urban areas in recent years, posing a great threat to the safety of citizens. Apart from the chance of biting or bruising citizens, they may also transmit zoonotic diseases, so it is necessary to act decisively.
Under the new killing measures, the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department will give priority to regularly catching wild boars in places where there are many wild boars or where there have been cases of wounding; when it receives reports from the public or departments, it will also take action to catch them, emphasizing that anesthesia will be used during the process guns and humanely disposed of by drug injection.
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The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department is also studying to amend the Wildlife Protection Ordinance to expand the no-feeding area, thereby reducing the incentives for wild boars to appear in urban areas.
The current maximum fine is a fine of $10,000. Huang Jinxing said that given the relatively low fines imposed in past cases, ranging from $200 to $2,000, the department will study increasing the amount of fines to increase the deterrent effect, and will cooperate with a new round of public education publicity.
In order to reduce wild boars looking for food in outdoor garbage, the government has completed a study on improving the litter box. The two designs can be fixed on the ground or beside lampposts or fences. The results have been provided to relevant departments for consideration, and they will be gradually installed in appropriate places according to actual needs. location adopted.
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