SINGAPORE – A girl was hit and injured by a wild boar in Yishun on Wednesday (March 9) within the newest incident involving folks crossing paths with the animals.

Ms Anbarasi Boopal, chief govt of the Animal Concerns Research and Education Society (Acres), stated that the society has seen a rise within the variety of calls made by the general public concerning sightings and complaints about wild boars.

According to her, there have been 87 such calls made in 2020, 102 final 12 months and 34 calls simply within the months of January and February this 12 months.

These are some incidents lately:

Feb 23, 2022: A person was captured on video transferring an injured wild boar, which was mendacity on the Kranji Expressway, to the aspect of the street. While the motorist obtained plaudits from netizens, the video sparked a response from Acres, which suggested folks to not transfer injured wild animals surrounded by busy site visitors on the expense of their very own security. It added that the person may have been damage if the animal had turned on him.

Feb 20, 2021: Two folks had been injured in separate assaults by a wild boar at two Housing Board blocks in Punggol. One of them, a girl, was reportedly bitten and dragged for a metre by the wild boar. A seek for the wild boar concerned 20 males. It was caught six days later by National Parks Board officers and euthanised.

Nov 17, 2020: A girl was exercising in Sungei Api Api Park in Pasir Ris when a wild boar knocked her over, leaving her with a 10cm-long laceration on her left leg and facial accidents.

June 20, 2020: A wild boar charged in the direction of a person at Sengkang MRT station. He managed to dodge the animal, which ended up operating into and shattering a glass door. Witnesses stated that the boar seemed to be “uninjured” and walked via the station earlier than exiting on the different finish.

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