Hong Kong is a concrete jungle in the middle of an actual jungle. Now, as urban areas sprawl into the surrounding hills, the city is struggling to contain a wild boar problem.
No one has conducted a census to determine the actual number of wild boars in Hong Kong. But encounters reported to local authorities have more than doubled in the last five years, from 294 in 2013 to 679 in the first 10 months of 2018 alone.
Roni Wong, the 35-year-old founder of the Hong Kong Wild Boar Concern Group, has spearheaded public confrontations with hunters, shouting at them to desist from harming the pigs.He says that humans and boars can peacefully coexist as long as people follow a few basic rules: “We always educate the public, don’t feed the wild boars or make them angry. Just leave them and they won’t attack.
Searching for a compromise, politicians have suggested different tactics for the boar problem, including introducing natural predators into Hong Kong or sending the boars to nearby islands. It takes 15 minutes for the darts to kick in, giving the hogs ample time to freak out before they collapse. It’s not a perfect system, Martelli acknowledged. But so far nobody has invented a more humane option.
It doesn’t help that 2019 is the Chinese Year of the Pig and that some consider boar sightings a sign of good luck and prosperity.
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