Hong Kong’s concrete jungles are surrounded by swathes of green wilderness, so it should hardly be a surprise when creatures other than cockroaches and mosquitoes stray into the city, like the wild boar seen wandering outside the swanky Conrad Hotel in Admiralty last month. The intruder was one of three boars that made headlines after being spotted in as many weeks in urban centres; a second was seen in a Wong Tai Sin housing estate, the third in Hong Kong Park, leading the authorities on a five-hour chase to capture the beast. If property development continues to encroach onto Hong Kong’s green belt areas, as is likely, more wild animals will be displaced and some may well adapt to living...
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