Wild boars spotted at Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park
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SINGAPORE: Two wild boars spotted in Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park on Friday morning triggered off more than three hours of operation by the authorities to hunt them down.
The National Parks Board (NParks) says one boar had charged at a security officer and a child.
The five-year-old was knocked off his feet from behind, and landed about a metre away. Fortunately, no one was seriously injured.
Authorities say the two wild boars wandered into the park early in the morning.
One dashed off into the nature reserve of Lower Pierce when officers arrived. The other remained, and hid in a bush.
Men, including those from a local pest control company, worked to lure the animal out.
Eventually, just before 3pm, officers from the Wildlife Reserves (Singapore) shot the boar with a dart gun.
MediaCorp understands the boar has been put down.
Ong Say Lin, Researcher at the National University of Singapore, said: "I can say that yes, their distribution is more extensive than expected. One of the hypotheses is that they have been swimming over from Johor Bahru, or Pulau Tekong and Pulau Ubin. Those are very likely sources of the wild boar migration.
"Also, right now wild boars, we can see them at the West Coast, East Coast, at Pasir Ris, Changi and the Jurong area and also in the north. So it's very likely they are coming from the northern islands and Malaysia."
NParks says wild boar numbers at Lower Pierce have grown beyond what's ecologically sustainable.
And their appearance at Bishan Park is another reason why they will have to take urgent action to control the population.
But some residents at Old Upper Thomson Road, right next to the nature reserve and its wildlife, say the pigs are part of the charm of the neighbourhood.
"They've never been an issue to us. They usually appear late at night, or during evening time, and they're very shy of people."
"Culling seems a bit drastic, and kind of, permanent?"
Blogging on the issue, National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan backs NParks' decision to cull the animals.
He said the wild boar population needs to be managed and re-homing them is, unfortunately, not an option.
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Times are bad.
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PAP has to solve cat problem, dog problem, now even pig problem
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is there any bishan park left??
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why no cull ministers?
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Originally posted by FireIce:
is there any bishan park left??
What do you mean?
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bishan park is surrounded bishan town/amk town, river, bishan mrt depot to the east and upper thomson rd to the west. do u mean that they can cross the upper thomson rd undetected to bishan park?
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Originally posted by kengkia:
bishan park is surrounded bishan town/amk town, river, bishan mrt depot to the east and upper thomson rd to the west. do u mean that they can cross the upper thomson rd undetected to bishan park?
Please lar, you never heard of traffic lights?
Green man means can cross.
Really.
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Install auto security wildboar gun device there.
See wildboar shoot them down!
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Originally posted by SBS 6078 M:
Install auto security wildboar gun device there.
See wildboar shoot them down!
Like the one in Aliens?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQDy-5IQvuU&feature=related
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Yeah
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ah pig ah, dun let your chewren anyhow run, police catching ah
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Originally posted by TehJarVu:
ah pig ah, dun let your chewren anyhow run, police catching ah
*Likes*
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Originally posted by charlize:
Please lar, you never heard of traffic lights?
Green man means can cross.
Really.
knn u...as if the boars know how to press that button, and wun it cause commotion when the boars cross the road?
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Originally posted by kengkia:
knn u...as if the boars know how to press that button, and wun it cause commotion when the boars cross the road?
Maybe some kind human being pressed the button for the boars?
Or they used their snouts?
Oink Oink.
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Originally posted by charlize:
Maybe some kind human being pressed the button for the boars?
Or they used their snouts?
Oink Oink.
They use "Kallang River underpasss".
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why never hunt them can bbq
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Originally posted by Clivebenss:
They use "Kallang River underpasss".
that's my brilliant O wise.
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Originally posted by troublemaker2005:
why never hunt them can bbq
Got alot germs of clone acount SMB228X. Later you kana citaro virus.
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wah lan. Wild boar curry is the best. I always have it in Johor. Dunno how to enjoy. If i saw wild boar. Sure knock them down. Where the angry bird? hHAHAH
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Maybe another advertising trick?
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This is the 1st time that one of the talent came forward to make a statement to manage the wild boar.
They are nowhere to be seen when flood, MRT breakdown and other major issues.
What do they plan to do now ?
Get the commando to exterminate the wild boar population in singapore, just like what they did to the cat population a few years back.
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Got meh ?
I shall go hunting later.....
becos I lobe....
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Originally posted by Just_do_it_lah:
Got meh ?
I shall go hunting later.....
becos I lobe....
i think there still 1 left