The Agriculture, Fisheries & Conservation Department (AFCD) today said it is concerned about an incident where two people were injured after being attacked by a wild pig near Fo Tan MTR Station yesterday.

The department expressed its sympathies to the injured and hoped that they would recover soon.

It sent staff to the scene upon receiving Police’s referral about the pig attack at around noon yesterday. They anesthetised the wild pig with a tranquilizer gun and captured it.

Considering that the wild pig had attacked people and its continuing presence in the urban areas would pose a danger to the public, the officers dispatched it humanely to ensure public safety.

The AFCD introduced new measures in November 2021 to capture wild pigs for humane dispatch at sites with a large number of wild pigs, with cases of wild pigs injuring citizens or with wild pigs posing risks to members of the public.

It also conducts operations to capture the animals upon receiving wild pig sighting reports in urban areas or near residential areas from the public or other government departments.

Since the new measures were implemented, a total of 540 wild pigs have been humanely dispatched, with the number of wild pig nuisance blackspots decreasing from 63 in 2021 to 42 last year.

The number of public reports about wild pig sightings or nuisance has dropped from over 1,400 cases in 2021 to about 1,100 cases in 2022, and further decreased to about 440 cases as of May this year.

Furthermore, the number of injury cases caused by wild pigs has also decreased from 20 cases in 2021 and 36 cases in 2022, to four cases as of July.

The department reminded the public to stay calm upon encountering wild pigs, and refrain from approaching and disturbing them. They should call 999 for help right away if their personal safety is immediately threatened by the wild pigs.