Friday, March 5, 2021

Wild boar caught after attacking Punggol resident, NParks officer



Someone spotted a wild boar near the Punggol Seas and Ecopolitan area.
PHOTO: Someone spotted a wild boar near the Punggol Seas and Ecopolitan area. It was hiding in the bushes.
A woman and an NParks officer were attacked while the authorities tried to capture it. It was eventually caught and euthanised.
Photo from Sun Xueling (MP)/Facebook - The authorities set up a cordon along the waterway in Punggol to nab a wild boar on Feb 26, 2021
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SINGAPORE — A wild boar that has been spotted roaming around the Punggol area has been caught, but not before injuring a resident and a National Parks Board (NParks) officer who was trying to help her.

Both of them were attended to for minor cuts.

Ms Sun Xueling, Member of Parliament for Punggol West Single Member Constituency, put up a Facebook post on Friday (Feb 26) regarding the incident after receiving “many pictures” and messages from the public, she said.

“The wild boar has since been caught, please be assured as I know many of you have been very worried,” she added.


Ms Sun Xueling, Member of Parliament for Punggol West Single Member Constituency, put up a Facebook post on Friday (Feb 26) regarding the incident
PHOTO: Ms Sun Xueling, Member of Parliament for Punggol West Single Member Constituency, put up a Facebook post on Friday (Feb 26) regarding the incident after receiving “many pictures” and messages from the public, she said. “The wild boar has since been caught, please be assured as I know many of you have been very worried,” she added.
Photo from Sun Xueling (MP)/Facebook
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This is not the first wild boar attack in the Punggol area. Just last weekend, residents living around Punggol Walk and Punggol Waterway reported two separate incidents of wild boar attacks.

In the latest incident, Ms Sun said that the mammal was spotted by residents and motorists in the Punggol Seas and Ecopolitan area.

A cordon was then set up along the waterway, she said.

The police, as well as NParks officers and contractors, were activated to search for the boar.


In the latest incident, Ms Sun said that the mammal was spotted by residents and motorists in the Punggol Seas and Ecopolitan area.
PHOTO: In the latest incident, Ms Sun said that the mammal was spotted by residents and motorists in the Punggol Seas and Ecopolitan area. A cordon was then set up along the waterway, she said.
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WHAT HAPPENED
Giving more details about the incident, Mr Tan Kiat How, Minister of State for National Development, said on Facebook that a member of the public had spotted the boar hiding in the bushes.

The police and NParks officers gave chase when the boar charged out of the bushes and that was when it attacked a woman, he said.

The animal had darted away from the officers and bit the NParks officer during the capture.

In the end, a resident helped to free the woman from the wild boar, Mr Tan said.

It was then euthanised “because of its aggressive behaviour”, he added.

NParks had deployed closed-circuit television cameras, camera traps and traps around the estate to locate the mammal.


Giving more details about the incident, Mr Tan Kiat How, Minister of State for National Development, said on Facebook that a member of the public had spotted the boar hiding in the bushes.
PHOTO: Giving more details about the incident, Mr Tan Kiat How, Minister of State for National Development, said on Facebook that a member of the public had spotted the boar hiding in the bushes.
The police and NParks officers gave chase when the boar charged out of the bushes and that was when it attacked a woman, he said.
The animal had darted away from the officers and bit the NParks officer during the capture.
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The Housing and Development Board, as well as the Singapore Land Authority, have also put up structures around the remaining forest patches in the area to minimise the chances of wild boars roaming into the community, Mr Tan said.

“The team is continuing their surveillance of the area to ensure public safety.”

Wildlife experts told TODAY in recent interviews that the disruption of the boars’ habitats could be a reason why they have been driven out to the estates.

They also said that the wild boars could have attacked because they were frightened, disoriented or wanted food.


Wildlife experts told TODAY in recent interviews that the disruption of the boars’ habitats could be a reason why they have been driven out to the estates.
PHOTO: Wildlife experts told TODAY in recent interviews that the disruption of the boars’ habitats could be a reason why they have been driven out to the estates. They also said that the wild boars could have attacked because they were frightened, disoriented or wanted food.
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NParks officers similarly said that feeding wildlife — whether intentionally or through irresponsible discarding of food — is a key reason for such human and wildlife incidents, Mr Tan said in the Facebook post.

“Such feeding habituates wildlife to humans and increases the propensity for aggressive behaviour.”

Mr Tan said that since the Wildlife Act came into force in June last year, NParks has prosecuted about 20 wild boar feeders who were caught doing so at Lorong Halus.


NParks officers similarly said that feeding wildlife — whether intentionally or through irresponsible discarding of food — is a key reason for such human and wildlife incidents
PHOTO: NParks officers similarly said that feeding wildlife — whether intentionally or through irresponsible discarding of food — is a key reason for such human and wildlife incidents, Mr Tan said in the Facebook post.
“Such feeding habituates wildlife to humans and increases the propensity for aggressive behaviour.”
Picture posted by Mainichi Japan on 05 August 2020 - Authorities chase a wild boar through Fukuoka's Maizuru Park, on Aug. 5, 2020. (Mainichi/Osamu Sukagawa)
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“I appeal to everyone to be socially responsible and not feed the wild boars,” he said.

CLARIFICATION: In an earlier version of this story, we reported that a resident and an NParks officer who were attacked by the wild boar have been taken to hospital, based on Member of Parliament Sun Xueling's Facebook post. NParks has since clarified that they were not taken to hospital, but were attended to for minor cuts.


Mr Tan said that since the Wildlife Act came into force in June last year, NParks has prosecuted about 20 wild boar feeders who were caught doing so at Lorong Halus.
PHOTO: Mr Tan said that since the Wildlife Act came into force in June last year, NParks has prosecuted about 20 wild boar feeders who were caught doing so at Lorong Halus. “I appeal to everyone to be socially responsible and not feed the wild boars,” he said.
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PHOTO: We are forewarn not to abuse such animals with skull deformation. Dangerous species may attract, and are accorded more rights than the helpless innocence.
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Man Hunt - who is hunting who?
PHOTO: Man Hunt - who is hunting who?
There’s all sorts of animals we can train. Even huge and dangerous and wild animals. But sometimes the animals we THINK are under control show their true nature. Show that they’re WILD. Uncontrollable. And DEADLY.

And James wants to make the point that THE TONGUE is just like THAT. We can think it’s under control. That our words will only be safe and gentle and harmless. But then, all of a sudden, without warning, our tongue will just ATTACK. With devastating results (James 3:8). [2]

It’s SO FRUSTRATING!
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By Tessa Oh, Today, 27 February 2021
Reference
[1] Tessa Oh, Today, Wild boar caught after attacking Punggol resident, NParks officer, posted on 27 February 2021, https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/wild-boar-seized-after-attacking-punggol-resident-nparks-officer

[2] David Balzer, James 3:1-12: The Untameable Animal, https://westernblacktown.wordpress.com/2012/11/12/james-31-12-the-untameable-animal/


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