HK divided over city’s emboldened wild boars

Wild and free: A wild boar scavenging for food while local residents watch at a Country Park in Hong Kong. — AP

HONG KONG: As Hong Kong prepares to celebrate the Year of the Pig, the city is facing its own peculiar porcine pickle – a furious debate about what to do with its growing and emboldened wild boar population.

Best known for its densely packed skyscrapers, Hong Kong also boasts large tracts of subtropical mountains and parkland that host a thriving number of Eurasian wild pigs.