ALERT: In Poland, wild boars are taking over cities and causing a lively debate
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LETTER FROM WARSAW A family of wild boars in Olsztyn (Poland), September 14, 2019. ROBERT ROBASZEWSKI/AGENCJA GAZETA VIA REUTERS Henio is no more. This wild boar, which had settled in the Bemowo district, in the north of Warsaw, and had been baptized by its inhabitants, was slaughtered on April 24 by the forest services of the Polish capital. The lone animal collapsed after receiving a syringe propelled by a Palmer rifle, before being evacuated on a stretcher. Residents gathered around the small park told the daily Gazeta Wyborcza that it was in no way aggressive. Henio had initially dozed off in the sandbox. The action lasted several hours and required the intervention of around twenty police officers, calling on the demonstrators to disperse. On March 30, four sows and twelve pigs were euthanized in another play area in the same neighborhood by the municipal forestry services. On Easter Day, April 5, in the southern district of Mokotow, a litter of six young wild boars as well as an adult animal were eliminated in full view of passers-by. They were offended to see the animals end up “in the trash”, placed in black plastic containers. This time, the municipal forestry department apologized in a press release for having presented “sedated wild boars in public spaces” as a spectacle. You have 77.2% of this article left to read. The rest is reserved for subscribers.
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