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A wild boar is seen at Fei Ngo Shan Road. The number of wild pigs fell from about 1,830 in 2022 to around 900 in 2024. Photo: Sam Tsang
Animal welfare in Hong Kong

Call for review over how Hong Kong manages wild boars and buffaloes

Activists say city must take different approach to minimising conflict between people and wild animals after two incidents over consecutive days.

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Accidents and personal safety

Wild boar bites hiker, tumbles to its death down flight of stairs in village

Accidents and personal safety

Wild boar put down after 5 hurt as animal roamed MTR station, housing estate

Hong Kong society

Letters | In Hong Kong, ‘animal-friendly’ should be the default setting

Readers discuss how Hong Kong can become a genuinely animal-friendly city, and the implementation of pet-friendly regulations.

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Dogs and their owners take the Star Ferry during a “Shipcation” organised by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in 2023. Photo: Xiaomei Chen
Spain

Suspected swine fever cases rise as Spain struggles to limit damage to exports

Two cases and 12 possible infections reported as the European Union’s top pork producer scrambles to limit economic impact.

Accidents and personal safety

Hong Kong teenager sent to hospital after boar bites his toe during camping trip

Boy, 14, contacted police on Saturday morning after boar attacked him at campsite in New Territories.

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SCMP Highlights

Recap | J-35A stealth jet stars at Zhuhai air show, Trump praises Prabowo and more videos

Lahore’s severe air quality crisis and a heroic Chinese woman saving a child from a wild boar attack all feature in some of our latest videos.

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A J-35A stealth fighter is put through its paces during a performance at the Zhuhai Air Show on Tuesday. Photo: Xinhua
Accidents and disasters in China

Rampaging wild boars a growing menace in China’s cities

Authorities allocate funds and encourage hunting to cull the animals, which have attacked people and damaged property across the country.

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Hong Kong environmental issues

Explainer | Unsure what to do if a wild boar attacks? Hong Kong experts sort fact from hogwash

Wilderness experts share safety tips after woman attacked by wild boar during camping trip on city’s tallest peak.

Hong Kong environmental issues

Microplastics found in 85% of faeces collected from wild animals in Hong Kong

Greenpeace works with researchers to analyse 100 faecal samples from buffalo, cattle, boars, macaques and porcupines in Hong Kong’s countryside.

Wild boars were among the species that featured in the study involving Greenpeace. Photo: Jonathan Wong
Accidents and personal safety

Explainer | What should Hong Kong drivers know about road accidents involving animals?

After recent crashes where drivers have been hurt and animals killed, the Post looks at legal liabilities, insurance issues and best practices.

A taxi hit and killed wild boar on Saturday last week on a road in Aberdeen. Photo: Edmond So
Hong Kong society

2 Hong Kong taxi drivers injured, 1 wild boar killed in separate road accidents

Taxi driver forced to brake suddenly to avoid boar on Aberdeen Praya Road, but another cabby minutes later slams into and kills pig.

Hong Kong transport

2 boars lead to temporary road closure in busy Hong Kong district

Section of northbound lane of Tai Po Road closed after police officer spots two boars at 10.10am.

Hong Kong society

Editorial | Safety of Hong Kong’s hikers rests on following the rules

Deaths in Hong Kong country park are a sad reminder of risks involved in entering the city’s famed green wilderness.

A visitor is seen on Tai Mo Shan, the highest mountain in Hong Kong, 957 meters (3,100 feet) above sea level. Photo: Dickson Lee
Hong Kong environmental issues

Editorial | Balance needed in dealing with Hong Kong’s wild boars

The government must soon determine a target population size for the animals and shift into population management, lest the culling programme become an extermination plan.

Police and Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department representatives are seen in Mong Kok flower market after a wild boar mauled a shop worker in October 2023. Photo: Dickson Lee
Hong Kong environmental issues

Hong Kong’s wild boar numbers dropped by 26% last year as culling ramped up

Ecology minister Tse Chin-wan says conservation department has reduced size of boar population by 910 since late 2021, putting it at 1,360.

Animals

Editorial | Step up patrols to ward off Hong Kong poachers

Greater monitoring needed after poaching traps found in city countryside, posing a cruel threat to animals and people. Stiffer fines could work but only if offenders think they will be caught

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Animal welfare in Hong Kong

‘More illegal animal traps found in Hong Kong nature areas as dogs get snared’

Poachers place traps on quiet mountain trails, targeting animals such as foxes, porcupines and wild boars.

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An SPCA rescue team helps free a dog caught in an illegal animal trap on the slope of Shing Mun Reservoir. Photo: Elson Li
Hong Kong environmental issues

Hong Kong wild boar incident where man was bitten and creature killed questioned

Wild pig caught around 11.30am and later killed after evading capture for about two hours at Yuen Ngai Street in Mong Kok.

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Hong Kong

Letters | Most dangerous animal? Not the Bryde’s whale for sure

Readers write in about the death of a whale in Hong Kong waters, and why the killing of a wild boar sends young people the wrong message.

Hong Kong environmental issues

Explainer | What you need to know to avoid a wild boar attack in Hong Kong

Boar expert says it is very rare for boars to attack humans unless threatened or injured after animal attacks boy and woman.

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WIld boars are only likely to attack humans if scared or injured, experts say. Photo: Felix Wong
Accidents and personal safety

Boar put down after attacking boy and woman outside MTR station in Hong Kong

Teenage boy bitten on hand and woman on leg, according to Hong Kong police.

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The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department began euthanising wild pigs in Novem­ber 2021. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong environmental issues

Hong Kong killed 1 wild boar a day this year; experts warn of ‘cruel’ policy

Insignificant decrease in nuisance reports and sightings of animal shows current policy fails to control wild boar population, experts say.

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Hong Kong society

More Hong Kong residents injured by wild boars last year despite culling programme

Authorities euthanised 320 wild boars in 144 operations between November 2021 and end December 2022.

Coronavirus China

Letters | Whatever China does about Covid, there’s just no pleasing the West

Readers discuss the changing Western narrative on Chinese Covid policy, the impact of the mainland border reopening, and humane treatment of injured animals.

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Medical staff of the COVID-19 testing centre of Paris Charles de Gaulle airport wait for travellers from China in Roissy, outside Paris, on January 1, as countries including France reinforce health measures for arrivals from China. Photo: AFP
City life

Explainer | Pigs in the city: Hong Kong’s wild boar problem - visually explained

Wild boar are a common sight in Hong Kong, particularly along walking trails and in country parks where people sometimes feed them. Authorities began culling wild boar in late 2021 after one bit a policeman, sparking criticism from animal rights groups. Here’s a closer look at urban wild boar, visually explained.

Pigs in the city: Hong Kong’s wild boar problem - visually explained
Hong Kong environmental issues

Hong Kong-wide ban on feeding wild animals to take effect by year end

Current ban on feeding wild animals only includes select areas, such as Lion Rock, Kam Shan and Shing Mun country parks.

Hong Kong

Inside Out | Where are innovative Hong Kong’s quirky Ig Nobel Prize candidates?

The spoof Nobel awards – which went to research on moose crash test dummies, badly written contracts, and so on – make us laugh, but also make us think. The winning research shares a quirky spark perhaps crucial to most original thinking, essential to any aspiring innovation hub.

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