Anyone up for a bacon-hunt?
To the OP: what you saw on your hike to Stanley could very well have been wild boars. In the wooded area across the street from Ma Hang between Cape Road in Stanley and Stanley Gap Road, there are a number of wild boars. There are also wild dogs, and last year, the two groups clashed, sparking police intervention at 1 in the morning as the dogs had apparently managed to kill a boar either in the middle of the road or on the sidewalk. Either way, there are some feral creatures in those woody areas, and they are certainly a hazard for those who hike or run through those areas. Perhaps Hong Kong's Government should get rid of them?
That is where I think I saw the sign about the boars - Ma Hang.
Boars leave alone but not sure it is good to just leave wild domesticated dogs running wild like on Cheung Chau. Not sure why they don't something about that on that island. I did wonder about wild dogs as once on the bus from Sai Wan Ho to Stanley I saw dogs (may have been tame) up on the rocks one day a ways before Tai Tam. I was curious if wild as they were on the part of the road I couldn't see someone with 4 or 5 dogs up there hiking.
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I remember seeing one while I was hiking on a trail in shatin area, can't remember the exact location but yes I saw it
Hi, I know this is an old thread, but I just wanted to say that while searching for the actual highest point of Mount Parker this weekend, we found an area really mucked up by boars. It was after the station/end of the road, where you can just barely go on an over-grown path for about 20 mins to get to the top. Thankfully we didn't see any (we tried to make a lot of noise to scare any away), but the scuffed up trail/ground was definitely fresh! There were also some fresh broken branches.
Any tips for what to do if ever coming across them unexpectedly?
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