Wild boar sighted in Bishan Park

Channel NewsAsia 22 Jun 12;


Trappers (R) at Bishan Park attempt to trap a wild boar sighted on Friday morning at the park (photo: Qiuyi Tan)

SINGAPORE: Police have cordoned off an area in Bishan Park where a wild boar was sighted on Friday morning.

A local pest control company, NParks and police officers are on site trying to trap the animal.

Wielding bamboo poles, the personnel have surrounded a bush of thick ferns growing next to a lily pond in the park, near the junction of Ang Mo Kio Ave 1 and Upper Thomson Road.

Channel NewsAsia understands a resident called the police after a child was chased by the animal in the park.

- CNA/wk