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Police officer fires revolver at 'rampaging' wild boar in Punggol
Published21 NOVEMBER, 2017
UPDATED 21 NOVEMBER, 2017
SINGAPORE — A "rampaging" wild boar forced a police officer to draw his revolver and fire at the animal on Tuesday (Nov 21) evening.
The tusked wild boar — measuring 1.5m from head to tail — was injured after being shot in the neck, the police said in a statement. It was later handed over to staff from the wildlife rescue group ACRES.
No one was injured in the incident, which took place near the Punggol West Flyover.
The police said they were initially alerted to an accident involving a wild boar and a car at the flyover around 7pm. The injured animal was lying on the road when the police and staff from ACRES arrived at the scene.
The wild boar (then) got up and charged towards the officers and members of the public within the vicinity. The officers fired their Tasers at the boar, but it continued to charge towards them and the public," the police added.
This prompted one of the officers at the scene to draw his revolver and fire at the wild boar "to stop it from injuring anyone", the police said.
Published21 NOVEMBER, 2017
UPDATED 21 NOVEMBER, 2017
SINGAPORE — A "rampaging" wild boar forced a police officer to draw his revolver and fire at the animal on Tuesday (Nov 21) evening.
The tusked wild boar — measuring 1.5m from head to tail — was injured after being shot in the neck, the police said in a statement. It was later handed over to staff from the wildlife rescue group ACRES.
No one was injured in the incident, which took place near the Punggol West Flyover.
The police said they were initially alerted to an accident involving a wild boar and a car at the flyover around 7pm. The injured animal was lying on the road when the police and staff from ACRES arrived at the scene.
The wild boar (then) got up and charged towards the officers and members of the public within the vicinity. The officers fired their Tasers at the boar, but it continued to charge towards them and the public," the police added.
This prompted one of the officers at the scene to draw his revolver and fire at the wild boar "to stop it from injuring anyone", the police said.