K. Parkaran

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June 11, 2022 9:00 AM

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KUALA KANGSAR: Perak police have suspended hunting licences, to curb poaching and misuse of firearms, but farmers say wild animals, especially wild boars, are proliferating and destroying their crops and produce.

Padi, fruit and vegetable farmers claim that the population of wild boars has grown quite a bit with hunters not being allowed to shoot them, with the animals also causing road accidents on roads in the interior.

Last week Perak police chief Mior Faridalathrash Wahid told district police chiefs to continue the suspension of hunting licences, introduced in 2020 to prevent illegal hunting and misuse of firearms.

“Applications for hunting licenses would not be accepted until further notice,” he said in the directive.

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