YEONCHEON, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent fatal shooting in Yeoncheon County has shed light on the growing risks associated with South Korea’s expanding wild boar hunting program, as the number of licensed hunters has more than doubled since 2019. On October 6, a hunter in his 40s was accidentally shot and killed by a [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of Environment has announced plans to deploy more experienced hunters for nighttime wild boar culls following a series of accidental shootings. Two incidents this month have highlighted the dangers of mistaken identity during hunts. On July 9, a hunter in Hoengseong County, Gangwon Province, mistook a person for [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Wild boars are known to traverse densely wooded ridges with steep slopes and engage in foraging activities in areas with fewer trees and gentler slopes, followed by resting in densely wooded hills. The National Institute of Biological Resources (NIBR) announced on Tuesday that it has developed standardized wild boar detection [...]
GANGNEUNG, Mar. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — A wild boar was spotted by a bird photographer using a telephoto lens at the Namdaecheon Stream in Gangneung, Gangwon Province on Thursday. The wild boar that was supposed to be in the mountains appeared by the banks of the stream, causing consternation among residents. Emerging from a reed-covered [...]
YEONGDONG, Oct. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — In the past two months, 220 wild boars have been captured in Yeongdong-gun in North Chungcheong Province. In order to minimize the harm done by wild boars to agricultural crops, the reward for their capture was doubled. Lacking natural predators, wild boars have become the highest-level predator in the [...]
BUSAN, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — In response to an outpouring of public support for “Taeyangi,” a dog that was deeply hurt after engaging in a bloody battle with a wild boar that attacked hikers near Sorim Temple, which is situated in mountainous terrain near Busan, the dog’s owner politely refused to accept cash donations [...]
JEJU, South Korea, Oct. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Officials from Jeju Wildlife Management Association killed six wild boars early Tuesday near Route 1100 in Hallasan National Park. Two members of the association, Bae Ki-hwan and Kang Sung-sik, with three Jeju dogs (a local dog breed) were dispatched to the location following a report of the [...]
SOONCHANG, August 3 (Korea Bizwire)-Soonchang-gun announced that they would manage a ‘Harmful wild animal hunting team’ until October, the harvest season. The hunting team will consist of 13 people. The team caught 301 wild boars, 344 elks and 612 pigeons, decreasing the damaged area by 24 percent, according to the government. Apart from the hunting [...]