Hong Kong Declares Wild Boars Fair Game After Animal Attacks

Hong Kong Declares Wild Boars Fair Game After Animal Attacks
Wild boars are tranquilized with dart guns, laid on the ground after being shot by officers from the Agriculture, Fisheries, and Conservation Department in Hong Kong on Nov. 17, 2021. Lam Chun Tung/The Initium Media via AP
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HONG KONG—Hong Kong authorities have had enough of wild boars.

An increasing number of attacks by the animals, including one that bit a police officer last week, triggered an operation Wednesday night in a district less than half an hour’s drive from Hong Kong’s financial center. Experts used dart guns to capture seven wild boars, which were later put down via medicine injections, the Agriculture, Fisheries, and Conservation Department said in a statement.