- SABAH & SARAWAK
- Sunday, 28 May 20231:59 PM MYT
Bornean bearded pig population showing a rebound at the Tabin Wildlife Reserve in recent months. (Pix courtesy Bring Back Our Rare Animals)
KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah Wildlife Department has no immediate plans to lift the ban on wild boar hunting amid reports that their population is increasing with African Swine Fever (ASF) epidemic cases on the decline.
The department director Augustine Tuuga said the ban would remain as the Bornean bearded pig population still has to fully recover in the state.
“It (the population of wild boar) has not fully recovered. There are too few compared to what it used to be,” Tuuga said when contacted on Sunday (May 28).
He said the department felt that the ban should remain in place for another year before it was reviewed.
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