Pig Killing Order: Are wild boars allowed in the suburbs?

The latest figures from the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department show that the Wild Boar Squad entered Kau Sai Chau in January this year, killing four wild boars on the island. At the beginning, the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department stated that it did not "extinct wild boars", so it would not capture wild boars in the suburbs. However, Kau Sai Chau is an island located to the east of Sai Kung, which seems to be far from the "urban area and the neighborhood of residential areas". There are reports that Kauxi Village on the island will not be enough for 10 permanent residents [2] , and most of the area is designated as a golf course. In addition, the 250-hectare Kau Sai Chau golf course is under such a large and wide plain, the potential danger or even contact that wild boars can pose to the public seems to be lower than that in urban areas and nearby residential areas.

There are so few dwellings, and it is an island far away from the urban area. Do you think the government will send an action team to take a boat to Kau Sai Chau to kill wild boars? The new measures established by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Special Database Conservation Department in November last year, in addition to the regular catching action target of 5 times a month, will also capture and humanely deal with the potential danger or nuisance to the public when "wild boars are reported in urban areas or dwellings". wild boar. In fact, Kau Sai Chau Golf Course has been complaining about wild boars since 2013. This coincides with the fact that the government has treated wild boars with a "pest theory" in recent years. It seems to rationalize the slaughter of wild boars in the suburbs this time, ignoring the bureau's original commitment to slaughter standards in urban areas and nearby dwellings. I don't know if this is the result of the new normal of "follow-up complaints".

Since the wild boar killing operation started last November, the AFCD has killed 73 wild boars. The latest figures from the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department [3] show that from November last year to March this year, 37 wild boar capture operations were dispatched in just 4 months, especially 16 in January this year. "To complete the original goal of 5 times a month, it seems that this kind of "doing things" according to complaints has become the new normal for dealing with wild boars, and further implements the "pest theory" of wild boars. Notes: The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department will catch wild boars 5 times a month, referring to the habit of stopping contraception if there is no danger, and relocating the research and recovery hunting team (15-11-2021, Hong Kong 01) Recording the culture and history of Xiaoyu Village for more than 200 years, Kau Sai Village Story Museum is expected