2024/04/25
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Wild Pig Nuisance

Background  

Adult wild pig
Piglet
 
Wild Pig or Eurasian Wild Pig (Sus scrofa) is the largest native terrestrial mammal in Hong Kong: the adults weigh up to 200 kg and reach a body length up to 2 m. They have thick and short bristly coats of brownish grey to black colour. Young wild pigs are born with a coat of chocolate and cream coloured stripes along their torso. This pattern fades within the first six months to one year. Adult males have tusks for fighting.
 
Wild pigs are common and widespread in Hong Kong, especially in the countryside areas. They are widely distributed in habitats like forests, grasslands and farm areas, etc. Being omnivorous, they use their nose to sniff out food including roots, bulbs, and small animals (e.g. insects or earthworms) living underground.
 
In general, wild pigs are secretive and wary of human contact. However, if provoked or threatened they may become aggressive and may attack humans, particularly dominant males or sows with piglets.

Wild Pig Nuisance

Some wild pigs intrude into villages and urban areas in search of food, causing disturbance and damage of crops and personal properties. In order to reduce the nuisance caused by wild pigs, preventive measures are recommended as follows:
  • Do not feed any wild or stray animals, as food remains will attract wild pigs to stray into your area.
  • Manage outdoor rubbish bins properly or use animal-proof rubbish bins to reduce any possible food sources for wild pigs.
  • Erect sturdy fences to protect crops or use infrared auto-trigger lightings to deter wild pigs. 

New management strategy for wild pigs

The Government has all along been very concerned about the nuisance and potential threats to the public caused by wild pigs. Incidents of wild pigs appearing and causing nuisance in urban areas have occurred more frequently in recent years, while injury cases caused by wild pigs have also shown a notable rise. The surging trend in the number of injury cases clearly shows that wild pigs have already posed very serious threats to public safety. Wild pigs are dangerous wild animals, especially those which have accustomed to scavenging and being fed in urban areas, or which are huge in size. When seeking food from members of the public, wild pigs may bite or knock people down, or even harm other people nearby. At the same time, wild pigs may also transmit zoonotic diseases (such as tuberculosis, hepatitis E, influenza A and Streptococcus suis infection), thereby posing threats to public health. It is necessary for the Government to take decisive actions to tackle wild pig issues.

To cope with the festering nuisance of wild pigs, under the premises of safeguarding public safety and maintaining public hygiene, the AFCD announced new measures in November 2021. Regular wild pig capture operations will be conducted with priority given to sites with large numbers of wild pigs, and those sites with past injury cases or with wild pigs which may pose risks to members of the public. Furthermore, upon receiving reports about wild pig sightings in urban areas or residential areas from citizens or other government departments, the AFCD will also perform ad hoc operations to capture the wild pigs which pose potential danger or cause nuisance to members of the public. During the operations, the AFCD will use dart guns with anaesthetics to capture the wild pigs, and perform humane dispatch on the captured wild pigs through medicine injection.

Besides capture operations, the AFCD will continue the multipronged approach to control wild pig nuisance. Given that wild pig nuisance is largely caused by intentional feeding, the AFCD is exploring amendments to the Wild Animals Protection Ordinance (Cap. 170), in order to expand the feeding ban area for wild animals and to raise the penalty amount to minimise the pull factor drawing wild pigs to urban areas. Moreover, the AFCD will strengthen publicity and education to educate the public not to feed wild pigs.

Wild pig capture operations

Since the announcement of the new strategy in November 2021, the AFCD captured and dispatched 944 wild pigs as at 24 April 2024. The number of wild pigs captured and humanely dispatched are as follows.

 

  Date Location No. of Wild Pigs
1. 17 November 2021 Shum Wan Road 7
2. 21 November 2021 Yau Ma Tei Public Cargo Working Area 1
3. 21 November 2021 A gas station on Pokfulam Road 1
4. 28 November 2021 Tin Hau Temple Road 1
5. 30 November 2021 Pak Fuk Road 2
6. 1 December 2021 A housing estate at Repulse Bay 2
7. 6 December 2021 South Bay Beach 0
8. 13 December 2021 South Bay Beach & Chung Hom Kok Beach 0
9. 15 December 2021 Near Po Lam MTR station 3
10. 16 December 2021 A housing estate on Wong Nai Chung Road 3
11. 16 December 2021 Ching Lin Terrace, Kennedy Town 3
12. 23 December 2021 Kotewall Road 5
13. 5 January 2022 Sai Wan Terrace, Tai Koo 2
14. 5 January 2022 Cape D'Aguilar Road 3
15. 6 January 2022 South Bay Beach and Middle Bay Beach 0
16. 8 January 2022 A housing estate in Sai Wan Ho 1
17. 11 January 2022 A housing estate on Tin Hau Temple Road 1
18. 12 January 2022 Lung Ha Wan Road, Sai Kung 3
19. 13 January 2022 Shek Pai Wan Road Playground 5
20. 17 January 2022 Tai Wo Service Road West, Tai Po 2
21. 20 January 2022 Po Lam Road North 3
22. 20 January 2022 Mount Parker Road 1
23. 26 January 2022 Kau Sai Chau 4
24. 26 January 2022 Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens 1
25. 27 January 2022 Brewin Path Temporary Playground 1
26. 27 January 2022 Pollock's Path, The Peak 1
27. 27 January 2022 A housing estate in Aberdeen 1
28. 29 January 2022 Cornwall Street Park 1
29. 3 February 2022 Ma Kam Street, Ma On Shan 1
30. 10 February 2022 A school in Stanley 1
31. 14 February 2022 Mount Parker Road 3
32. 15 February 2022 Mount Parker Road 1
33. 15 February 2022 A housing estate in Sai Wan Ho 1
34. 19 February 2022 Cape Collinson Road 1
35. 1 March 2022 Mount Parker Road 1
36. 17 March 2022 Tai Mo Shan Road 1
37. 18 March 2022 A construction site in Shap Sze Heung 5
38. 14 April 2022 A hospital in Tai Po 1
39. 20 April 2022 Mount Parker Road 2
40. 21 April 2022 Shum Wan Road 1
41. 21 April 2022 Nam Long Shan Road 1
42. 23 April 2022 Tin Hau Temple Road 1
43. 25 April 2022 Tin Hau Temple Road 1
44. 28 April 2022 Ching Cheung Road 3
45. 5 May 2022 Mount Kellett Road 2
46. 19 May 2022 Siu Sai Wan Road 4
47. 26 May 2022 Black Hill 8
48. 31 May 2022 Shek Tong Tsui 1
49. 1 June 2022 Shek Pai Wan Road Playground 7
50. 1 June 2022 A housing estate in Stanley 1
51. 15 June 2022 Conduit Road 1
52. 21 June 2022 Nam Wai, Sai Kung 4
53. 29 June 2022 Shouson Hill 3
54. 6 July 2022 Black Hill 7
55. 11 July 2022 Tseung Kwan O South Waterfront Promenade 1
56. 13 July 2022 Greig Road 3
57. 15 July 2022 A housing estate in Heung Fan Liu, Tai Wai 1
58. 18 July 2022 Wai Hang Street 1
59. 18 July 2022 Min Fat Street 1
60. 20 July 2022 A housing estate in Tin Sam, Tai Wai 8
61. 23 July 2022 Pak Shek Kok 1
62. 27 July 2022 Tai Tam Reservoir Road 4
63. 30 July 2022 Central Ferry Piers 1
64. 3 August 2022 Tseng Lan Shue 5
65. 3 August 2022 Cape Collinson Road 1
66. 5 August 2022 Kotewall Road 1
67. 11 August 2022 Mount Cameron Road 1
68. 11 August 2022 Moorsom Road 1
69. 15 August 2022 Choi Hung Road Playground 1
70. 18 August 2022 Tai Koo Shing 1
71. 18 August 2022 Hin Tin Street 6
72. 18 August 2022 A housing estate in Hin Tin 4
73. 24 August 2022 Hong Kong Park 1
74. 1 September 2022 Pik Wan Road 3
75. 6 September 2022 A housing estate in Heung Fan Liu, Tai Wai 1
76. 6 September 2022 Nam Long Shan 2
77. 8 September 2022 Braemar Hill Road 4
78. 8 September 2022 Cape Collinson Road 1
79. 9 September 2022 Tsing Yi Heung Sze Wui Road 1
80. 13 September 2022 Central Ferry Piers 1
81. 13 September 2022 Tin Wan Praya Road 2
82. 13 September 2022 Ah Kung Wan Road 1
83. 16 September 2022 Tin Hau Temple Road 2
84. 22 September 2022 Mount Parker Road 1
85. 22 September 2022 Aberdeen 10
86. 22 September 2022 Sassoon Road 7
87. 23 September 2022 Cape Collinson Road 1
88. 23 September 2022 Bauhinia Trail 1
89. 24 September 2022 Hong Kong Park 1
90. 27 September 2022 Aberdeen 1
91. 27 September 2022 A housing estate in Heung Fan Liu, Tai Wai 1
92. 30 September 2022 Sassoon Road 1
93. 1 October 2022 Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens 3
94. 4 October 2022 A housing estate in Kwai Chung 1
95. 6 October 2022 Mount Cameron Road 4
96. 6 October 2022 May Road 1
97. 7 October 2022 Ap Lei Chau 1
98. 7 October 2022 Aberdeen 1
99. 10 October 2022 The University of Hong Kong 1
100. 10 October 2022 Nam Fung Path 1
101. 11 October 2022 Nam Long Shan Road 1
102. 12 October 2022 A hospital in Tai Po 8
103. 12 October 2022 Nam Hang 6
104. 19 October 2022 Po Tsui Park 1
105. 20 October 2022 Hong Kong Park 2
106. 20 October 2022 Tai Lam Chung 7
107. 22 October 2022 Chai Wan Road, Shau Kei Wan 1
108. 23 October 2022 Pak Pat Shan Road 1
109. 24 October 2022 Sai Kung Sewage Treatment Works 1
110. 25 October 2022 Airport Core Programme Exhibition Centre 6
111. 27 October 2022 Po Lo Che 2
112. 27 October 2022 Pak Kong Au 5
113. 27 October 2022 Sha Kok Mei 1
114. 27 October 2022 The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology 1
115. 28 October 2022 Justice Drive 1
116. 3 November 2022 Caritas Medical Centre 3
117. 3 November 2022 Cyberport 1
118. 4 November 2022 A housing estate in Tai Wai 1
119. 7 November 2022 Nim Wan Village 2
120. 8 November 2022 Hin Tin Street 3
121. 8 November 2022 The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology 5
122. 15 November 2022 Pak Tam Chung 1
123. 16 November 2022 Pak Tam Chung 3
124. 17 November 2022 Kai Tin Road 1
125. 17 November 2022 Po Shan Road 2
126. 17 November 2022 Kotewall Road 3
127. 21 November 2022 Hong Kong Park 1
128. 23 November 2022 Pak Tam Chung 1
129. 23 November 2022 Sham Tseng 2
130. 25 November 2022 Shek O 1
131. 28 November 2022 Shek O 1
132. 1 December 2022 Cape Collinson Road 1
133. 1 December 2022 Tin Hau Temple Road 2
134. 1 December 2022 Greig Road 1
135. 1 December 2022 Mount Parker Road 4
136. 5 December 2022 Cape Collinson Road 2
137. 5 December 2022 South Bay Beach 3
138. 8 December 2022 Cape Collinson Road 2
139. 8 December 2022 Pak Kong Au 1
140. 19 December 2022 A construction site in Shap Sze Heung 1
141. 19 December 2022 Yiu Hing Road 1
142. 29 December 2022 Shek O 1
143. 29 December 2022 Victoria Road 2
144. 29 December 2022 Cyberport 5
145. 5 January 2023 Man Yee Playground 1
146. 5 January 2023 A housing estate in Tin Sam, Tai Wai 1
147. 5 January 2023 Hin Tin Street 1
148. 12 January 2023 Shek O 1
149. 12 January 2023 Tung Fuk Road 5
150. 16 January 2023 Aberdeen 2
151. 16 January 2023 Shek O 1
152. 19 January 2023 Kap Pin Long 3
153. 30 January 2023 Mount Parker Road 1
154. 1 February 2023 Hin Tin Street 4
155. 3 February 2023 Cape Collinson Road 1
156. 6 February 2023 Kau Sai Chau 1
157. 7 February 2023 Braemar Hill 5
158. 9 February 2023 Pak Fuk Road 2
159. 9 February 2023 Kotewall Road 4
160. 13 February 2023 Sha Tau Kok 1
161. 16 February 2023 A housing estate in Kwun Tong 1
162. 16 February 2023 Hatton Road 1
163. 16 February 2023 Sham Tseng 13
164. 18 February 2023 Siu Sai Wan Road 2
165. 21 February 2023 Kau Sai Chau 4
166. 22 February 2023 Aberdeen 2
167. 22 February 2023 Shing Mun Valley Park 2
168. 23 February 2023 Siu Sai Wan Road 5
169. 23 February 2023 Lin Shing Road 1
170. 28 February 2023 Aberdeen 1
171. 2 March 2023 A hospital in Tai Po 1
172. 7 March 2023 Chuk Yuen Road 2
173. 8 March 2023 Town Island 1
174. 9 March 2023 Aberdeen 10
175. 9 March 2023 Stanley 4
176. 15 March 2023 Stubbs Road 3
177. 16 March 2023 Sandy Bay Road 1
178. 16 March 2023 A housing estate in Tin Sam, Tai Wai 4
179. 20 March 2023 Kau Sai Chau 1
180. 20 March 2023 The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology 1
181. 27 March 2023 Mount Austin Road 1
182. 1 April 2023 Ventris Road 1
183. 4 April 2023 Mount Austin Road 1
184. 13 April 2023 Pok Chuen Street 7
185. 14 April 2023 Caritas Medical Centre 1
186. 20 April 2023 Caritas Medical Centre 1
187. 20 April 2023 Greig Road 1
188. 20 April 2023 Mount Parker Road 5
189. 25 April 2023 Caritas Medical Centre 1
190. 27 April 2023 Tai Mei Tuk Road 3
191. 27 April 2023 Tung Tsz Shan Road 4
192. 3 May 2023 Tsiu Hang 1
193. 4 May 2023 Aberdeen 2
194. 4 May 2023 Shek Pai Wan Road Playground 2
195. 4 May 2023 Stanley 1
196. 5 May 2023 Lei Pui Street Bus Terminus 1
197. 8 May 2023 Heung Lin Road 1
198. 11 May 2023 Nam Wai, Sai Kung 4
199. 16 May 2023 Perkins Road 1
200. 17 May 2023 Kau Sai Chau 2
201. 19 May 2023 Caritas Medical Centre 2
202. 24 May 2023 Severn Road 1
203. 24 May 2023 Ting Kau 2
204. 25 May 2023 Hoi Yu Street 1
205. 8 June 2023 Fung Yuen Road 1
206. 8 June 2023 Tung Leung Lane 2
207. 21 June 2023 Justice Drive 3
208. 21 June 2023 Hin Tin Street 2
209. 27 June 2023 Kau Sai Chau 5
210. 29 June 2023 Fuk Hang Tsuen Road 16
211. 29 June 2023 King San Path 4
212. 2 July 2023 Deep Water Bay Road 1
213. 6 July 2023 Nam Long Shan Road 5
214. 6 July 2023 Aberdeen 12
215. 8 July 2023 Western Fire Services Street 1
216. 11 July 2023 Caritas Medical Centre 1
217. 13 July 2023 Cloud View Road 1
218. 14 July 2023 Stubbs Road 5
219. 20 July 2023 Po Lam South Road 1
220. 20 July 2023 Clear Water Bay Road 12
221. 24 July 2023 Mount Butler 3
222. 27 July 2023 Shan Liu Road 3
223. 27 July 2023 Tung Leung Lane 1
224. 28 July 2023 Tai Chung Kiu Road 1
225. 31 July 2023 Tai Po Tau Shui Wai Road 1
226. 1 August 2023 Tanner Road 1
227. 3 August 2023 Kau Sai Chau 11
228. 3 August 2023 Caritas Medical Centre 1
229. 8 August 2023 Magazine Gap Road 2
230. 9 August 2023 Magazine Gap Road 3
231. 9 August 2023 Connaught Road Central 1
232. 9 August 2023 Tin Wan New Street 1
233. 10 August 2023 Magazine Gap Road 2
234. 10 August 2023 Shek O 1
235. 10 August 2023 Greig Road 2
236. 11 August 2023 Mount Austin Road 1
237. 12 August 2023 Po On Road Playground 1
238. 15 August 2023 Magazine Gap Road 2
239. 15 August 2023 Mount Butler 1
240. 17 August 2023 Mount Parker Road 8
241. 17 August 2023 Tung Tsz Road 1
242. 18 August 2023 Magazine Gap Road 1
243. 18 August 2023 Mount Butler 1
244. 19 August 2023 Fanling 2
245. 21 August 2023 Fanling 2
246. 24 August 2023 Po Lo Che 2
247. 24 August 2023 Sha Kok Mei 1
248. 24 August 2023 Tai Mong Tsai Road Car Park 1
249. 28 August 2023 Kau Sai Chau 1
250. 29 August 2023 Siu Lam Tsuen Road 1
251. 30 August 2023 Lo Fai Road 1
252. 31 August 2023 Lung Wah Street 1
253. 5 September 2023 Chuk Yuen Road 3
254. 7 September 2023 Nam Long Shan Road 4
255. 7 September 2023 Wah Kwai Road 1
256. 19 September 2023 Fanling 4
257. 19 September 2023 Tai Mei Tuk Road 4
258. 19 September 2023 Shan Liu Road 2
259. 21 September 2023 Tai Tam Road 1
260. 21 September 2023 Cloud View Road 2
261. 25 September 2023 Kau Sai Chau 1
262. 26 September 2023 Plantation Road 1
263. 27 September 2023 Severn Road 1
264. 27 September 2023 Fanling 7
265 28 September 2023 Plantation Road 3
266. 28 September 2023 Shatin Pass Road 4
267. 5 October 2023 Caritas Medical Centre 3
268. 5 October 2023 Plantation Road 2
269. 5 October 2023 Kotewall Road 1
270. 6 October 2023 Stubbs Road 1
271. 6 October 2023 Cyberport 1
272. 6 October 2023 Severn Road 1
273. 10 October 2023 A housing estate in Tin Sam, Tai Wai 3
274. 11 October 2023 Kau Sai Chau 2
275. 11 October 2023 Shek Pai Wan Playground 3
276. 12 October 2023 Lok Lo Ha 2
277. 12 October 2023 Tung Leung Lane 1
278. 12 October 2023 Fung Yuen Road 2
279. 12 October 2023 Shek O 2
280. 13 October 2023 Fanling 1
281. 13 October 2023 Lok Lo Ha 2
282. 17 October 2023 Severn Road 1
283. 18 October 2023 Kau Sai Chau 3
284. 19 October 2023 Tung Fuk Road 5
285. 19 October 2023 Siu Lam 3
286. 21 October 2023 Yuen Ngai Street 1
287. 24 October 2023 Shek O 1
288. 24 October 2023 Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens 1
289. 25 October 2023 Fanling 5
290. 26 October 2023 Pak Tam Chung 1
291. 26 October 2023 A hospital in Tai Po 3
292. 26 October 2023 Tai Lam Liu 1
293. 26 October 2023 A housing estate in Siu Lek Yuen 1
294. 26 October 2023 Tai Lam Chung 1
295. 27 October 2023 Sham Tseng East Village 1
296. 30 October 2023 Shek O 1
297. 30 October 2023 Lam Kam Road 1
298. 30 October 2023 Mount Davis 1
299. 31 October 2023 Lam Kam Road 1
300. 31 October 2023 Tanner Road 1
301. 31 October 2023 Po Lo Che 2
302. 1 November 2023 Shek O 3
303. 1 November 2023 Lam Kam Road 1
304. 2 November 2023 Kau Sai Chau 3
305. 6 November 2023 Pak Tam Chung 2
306. 8 November 2023 Pak Tam Chung 1
307. 8 November 2023 Kennedy Road 1
308. 8 November 2023 Peak Road 3
309. 8 November 2023 Peel Rise 5
310. 8 November 2023 Tin Wan 4
311. 8 November 2023 Conduit Road 1
312. 9 November 2023 Deep Water Bay Drive 1
313. 9 November 2023 Fung Yuen Road 1
314. 10 November 2023 Deep Water Bay Drive 1
315. 15 November 2023 Kau Sai Chau 4
316. 15 November 2023 Pak Tam Chung 2
317. 15 November 2023 Nam Long Shan 3
318. 16 November 2023 Tsiu Hang 1
319. 16 November 2023 Pak Tam Chung 1
320. 16 November 2023 Tin Wan 5
321. 20 November 2023 Fortress Hill 1
322. 20 November 2023 Shek O 3
323. 21 November 2023 Lok Lo Ha 3
324. 21 November 2023 Lam Tin Park 2
325. 22 November 2023 Pak Tam Chung 1
326. 22 November 2023 Justice Drive 1
327. 23 November 2023 Shing Mun Valley Park 1
328. 23 November 2023 Tai Pak Tin Tsuen Road 3
329. 23 November 2023 Fu Uk Road Rest Garden 3
330. 23 November 2023 Sheung Kwai Chung Tsuen Road 3
331. 27 November 2023 Pak Tam Chung 1
332. 27 November 2023 A housing estate in Lam Tin 1
333. 27 November 2023 Deep Water Bay Drive 1
334. 28 November 2023 Magazine Gap Road 1
335. 29 November 2023 Deep Water Bay Drive 1
336. 29 November 2023 Magazine Gap Road 1
337. 29 November 2023 Braemar Hill Road 1
338. 30 November 2023 Tsiu Hang 1
339. 4 December 2023 Justice Drive 1
340. 5 December 2023 Cyberport 1
341. 6 December 2023 Cyberport 1
342. 6 December 2023 Shek O 1
343. 7 December 2023 Greig Road 6
344. 7 December 2023 Po Shan Road 3
345. 11 December 2023 Shek O 1
346. 14 December 2023 Tin King Road 1
347. 14 December 2023 Hilltop Road 3
348. 14 December 2023 Sheung Kok Shan Road 1
349. 18 December 2023 Kau Sai Chau 3
350. 19 December 2023 Tsiu Hang 1
351. 19 December 2023 Coombe Road 1
352. 19 December 2023 Tin King Road 2
353. 19 December 2023 Tung Fuk Road 1
354. 21 December 2023 Tung Tsz Shan Road 1
355. 21 December 2023 Fu Tei Road 2
356. 25 December 2023 Tolo Harbour Cycling Track 1
357. 28 December 2023 Fu Tei Road 1
358. 28 December 2023 A housing estate in Siu Lek Yuen 4
359. 28 December 2023 Hin Tin Street 5
360. 29 December 2023 Coombe Road 1
361. 3 January 2024 Coombe Road 1
362. 3 January 2024 Cyberport 1
363. 4 January 2024 Severn Road 3
364. 4 January 2024 Coombe Road 1
365. 4 January 2024 A housing estate in Siu Lek Yuen 2
366. 4 January 2024 Pok Chuen Street 3
367. 5 January 2024 Severn Road 1
368. 9 January 2024 Tsiu Hang 3
369. 9 January 2024 Pik Tin Street 1
370. 10 January 2024 Fanling 1
371. 10 January 2024 Fu Tei Road 2
372. 10 January 2024 Tai Tam Reservoir Road 3
373. 10 January 2024 Aberdeen 2
374. 10 January 2024 Cyberport 3
375. 11 January 2024 Wing Chuk Street 1
376. 16 January 2024 Coombe Road 1
377. 16 January 2024 Fu Tei Road 2
378. 17 January 2024 Caritas Medical Centre 1
379. 18 January 2024 Ting Yat Road 4
380. 18 January 2024 Hilltop Road 3
381. 19 January 2024 Kin Wah Street 1
382. 19 January 2024 Tin Hau Temple Road 1
383. 22 January 2024 Hilltop Road 1
384. 24 January 2024 Hilltop Road 1
385. 24 January 2024 Silver Cape Road 2
386. 24 January 2024 Clear Water Bay Road 1
387. 25 January 2024 Nam Fung Road 6
388. 25 January 2024 Tin King Road 5
389. 25 January 2024 King San Path 4
390. 30 January 2024 Tung Tsz Shan Road 4
391. 30 January 2024 Hilltop Road 1
392. 30 January 2024 Shek O 1
393. 30 January 2024 Tin Hau Temple Road 1
394. 30 January 2024 Coombe Road 1
395. 30 January 2024 Borrett Road 1
396. 31 January 2024 Bowen Road 1
397. 31 January 2024 Hilltop Road 1
398. 31 January 2024 Kau Sai Chau 5
399. 1 February 2024 Ma Lok Path 2
400. 6 February 2024 Peel Rise 3
401. 6 February 2024 Mount Austin Road 1
402. 6 February 2024 Hatton Road 3
403. 15 February 2024 Pik Sha Road 1
404. 20 February 2024 Chi Fu Road 1
405. 20 February 2024 Cyberport 1
406. 20 February 2024 Shek O 2
407. 20 February 2024 Tung Tsz Shan Road 1
408. 21 February 2024 Tung Tsz Shan Road 4
409. 21 February 2024 Chi Fu Road 1
410. 29 February 2024 Hilltop Road 1
411. 29 February 2024 Fanling 1
412. 29 February 2024 Lam Kam Road 1
413. 29 February 2024 Greig Road 2
414. 29 February 2024 Aberdeen 3
415 1 March 2024 Lam Kam Road 1
416. 5 March 2024 Tung Tsz Road 1
417. 14 March 2024 Braemar Hill Road 1
418. 14 March 2024 Stanley 2
419. 20 March 2024 Tung Tsz Shan Road 1
420. 22 March 2024 Tin King Road 1
421. 25 March 2024 Hilltop Road 1
422. 26 March 2024 Che Ha 1
423. 27 March 2024 Chai Wan Road 1
424. 27 March 2024 Caritas Medical Centre 1
425. 28 March 2024 Tin King Road 1
426. 2 April 2024 Hong Kong Park 1
427. 3 April 2024 Chai Wan Road 2
428. 3 April 2024 Tai Po Hospital 1
429. 9 April 2024 Chi Fu Road 1
430. 9 April 2024 A housing estate in Tin Sam, Tai Wai 1
431. 10 April 2024 Chai Wan Road 1
432. 11 April 2024 King San Path 2
433. 11 April 2024 Che Ha 1
434. 12 April 2024 Caritas Medical Centre 1
435. 18 April 2024 Peel Rise 1
436. 18 April 2024 Tai Hang 2
437. 20 April 2024  Tun Yu Road 1
438. 24 April 2024 Ko Chiu Road 3
Total: 944
 

What should I do if I see a wild pig?

  • If you see wild pigs in the wild, you should keep calm, stay away and leave them undisturbed.
  • Do not approach any wild pigs, including piglets.
  • If necessary, you may hide behind a big tree or boulder and wait until the wild pigs leave before you proceed.
  • You must not drive them away with any object as it is dangerous to provoke the wild pig.

When a wild pig is posing immediate threats to life and property, you should report to the police by calling 999 for emergency assistance. 

Contact Us

If you are disturbed by wild pigs or find any wild pig injured or trapped, or straying in urban areas, you may call 1823 to notify AFCD for follow-up actions.
 
Please click the icon to download leaflet of "Hong Kong Wildlife: Wild Pig" 
 
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