Wild boar leads HK cops on airport race
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A WILD boar led Hong Kong police on a merry chase after it wandered onto the apron of Hong Kong’s international airport yesterday.
Several officers were able to trap the animal, holding it down with their plastic riot shields after they caught up with it at Chek Lap Kok International Airport.
“Around 2:30pm, there was a wild pig that entered the restricted area where the planes are parked,” an Airport Authority spokeswoman said.
“The airport police unit was mobilized and subdued the pig,” she said, adding that operations at the airport were not affected.
Video published on the Apple Daily website showed the animal dashing away from police.
“It’s running over here! It’s covered in blood,” a man filming the pig from a vehicle commented.
Photographs showed blood on the beast’s nose and mouth as it lay on the ground under the crush of three police shields.
It was an adult female, around 1 meter long and weighed around 50 kilograms, local media reported citing a spokesperson from the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department.
It had reportedly been transferred to an animal management center to have its wounds inspected.
Wild boars are widespread in the Hong Kong countryside. They occasionally wander into villages and urban areas in search of food, sometimes causing havoc among locals.
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