Animals On The Train: Baby Wild Boar Spotted On Hong Kong Metro

A wild boar in Hong Kong sparked delight by hopping onto a Hong Kong subway train. The young wild boar led the staff on a merry cross-harbour chase that included boarding two separate trains, reported AFP. The boar slipped under the ticket barriers of Quarry Bay station on Hong Kong Island on June 18 afternoon & somehow managed to board a passing train. Visuals of the incident showed the boar trotting down a carriage half-filled with bemused commuters as a hapless staff member tried, & failed, to catch him with a blue tarpaulin. Video of the incident showed the juvenile trotting down a carriage half-filled with bemused commuters as a hapless staff member tried, & failed, to catch him with a blue tarpaulin. Best known for its densely packed skyscrapers, Hong Kong also boasts large tracts of subtropical mountains & parkland that host a thriving number of Eurasian wild pigs. And increasingly humans and pigs are meeting face to snout, reported AFP.

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