Hong Kong hiker sent to hospital after boar attacks her on Tai Mo Shan camping trip

A Hong Kong woman was sent to hospital in the early hours of Saturday morning after a boar attacked her while she slept during a camping trip on the city’s tallest peak.

The force received a report at 2.09am that the animal had bitten the 29-year-old woman while she and another hiker had camped out on Tai Mo Shan for the night.

Emergency personnel searched for the victim, who was discovered with a 5cm wound down one of her legs, and sent her to Yan Chai Hospital in Tsuen Wan for treatment, police said.

The force said it had classified the case as an “animal bite”, adding that no trace of the boar had been found.

Kevin Chan Kwok-pan, an executive member of the Hong Kong Survival Association, said Tai Po Shan and Tap Mun, also known as Grass Island, were considered hotspots for wild boar sightings.

He said boars had generally been scared of humans in the past but their habits had changed due to more hikers feeding them, warning people against doing so.