餵野豬=善待野豬？Who does make the wild boar suffer?
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感覺後山的野豬數量有所增多，活動範圍靠近山腳。而且變得不怕人，有人甚至同身後1米的野豬自拍。但這是正常現象嗎？為什麼野豬會願意走出樹林，經常徘徊在路邊呢？個人認為其中一個原因是餵飼！
『鳥為食亡』，動物容易受食物所誘惑，即使承受生命風險，也會在食物充足的地方流連。雖然後山掛滿『禁止餵飼野生動物』的橫額，但問題依然存在。
以下是一些『好心人』在山上留下的食物：
a. 2017.2 在山邊一處野豬出沒的地方發現了一袋湯渣，由4個膠袋包實。即使野豬將湯渣食乾淨，也會遺下膠袋。
b. 2017.3 某大學的山坡也有人餵飼野豬。可見袋中有豬肉和龍眼肉，在和暖的天氣下已經發臭。
c. 2012年的某天晚上，見到有人在後山拋食物餵野豬。
d. 2012年在後山的梯級旁也發現有豬肉。
餵飼野豬的害處：
1. 令野豬過分依賴人類，容易產生人豬矛盾。
野豬的新聞已經沉寂一時。你又可否記得，野豬出走市區後的下場是什麼嗎？我開始擔憂，有一日，後山的野豬會以『危害民居』的罪名，被狩獵隊射殺。雖然有更好的處理方法 - 將野豬遷回到樹林，但這也是極少數的例子。
2. 丟棄的廚餘和膠袋變成垃圾，污染自然環境。
據本人觀察，凡在野豬出沒的地方附近，總是遍地膠袋。可能是餵飼的人多用膠袋裝食物，野豬會習慣性地走近膠袋聞一聞。金山的馬騮一見到膠袋，就會條件反射地去搶食物，這就是人為餵飼的後果。
『人豬共融』的確是理想的願景。可是現實中，香港市民做好準備了嗎？野豬普遍被視為危險的動物，千錯萬錯都是野豬的錯。自私的人類只會令野豬淪為受害者。為了野豬的福祉，請不要再餵飼野豬。
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Who does make the wild boar suffer?
In these months, I found that there have been more wild boars than before in the backyard. Some of them have become fearless to hikers, and the people can take a selfie with a wild boar closely. In my opinion, feeding by the human may change their natural behaviour. Although "Not to Feed Wild Animals" banners have been hung in the backyard, the problem has not been solved.
Photos:
a. The soup ingredients were packed with 4 plastic bags.
b. A bag of food waste was found on the hillside of a university. How rancid!
c. I met a man throwing meat to feed the wild boar on a night of 2012 in the backyard.
d. A bag of meat was placed next to the stairs in the backyard in 2012.
Disadvantages of feeding wild boars:
1. The wild boar will learn to obtain food from residents and become increasingly bold. They may be aggressive in their efforts to obtain these foods, such as knocking over bins. In a result of heavy feeding, the monkeys in Kam Shan Country Park behave in robbing the hiker's bag. In Hong Kong, wild boars that approach the human society are usually seriously injured or killed by the police force.
2. The plastic bags and food waste left behind will pollute the environment.
Please do not feed wild boars anymore. Make a wild boar-safe community.