As Haifa continues to battle with an ever-growing problem of wild boars invading the town, an 11-year-old boy was bitten by a boar on Shabbos as he was playing in a park with friends, Channel 12 News reported. The boy was taken to the Bnei Tzion Medical Center where he received a rabies shot and antibiotics and was released. However, has to return for a series of rabies shots over the next few weeks. The hospital explained that the boy tried to feed a boar and was bitten on his fingers when he tried to remove his hand. The child’s mother wrote on social media: “Beware! My son was bitten by a wild boar in the park in the Vardiya neighborhood. Until when will this continue – wild boars roaming around and the municipality does nothing?” “This isn’t just damage to property anymore, this is physical and psychological damage to a child,” the mother wrote. “I called the municipality hotline and the only thing they did was take my details as if I reported some hazard on the street. Chutzpah!” And apparently the boy was not the first one to get injured by a boar. Another resident had his leg broken in five places, a recent Yisrael Hayom report said. “A few months ago, I returned home from work,” Eitan Orliev told Yisrael Hayom. “I got out of the car, walked toward the driveway, heard a noise, and from about 10 meters away, a giant boar began to gallop in my direction.” The boar rammed Orliev. “My leg was broken in five places. I was on the ground and couldn’t even scream. My wife found me on the ground, passed out.” “I had to have surgery and pins put in my leg. I was bedbound for three months, then went through months of physical therapy. We had to move to another neighborhood. I had to leave the place where the attack happened because I constantly felt anxious.” Another incident happened a month ago when a boar rushed at a dog as a teenager was walking it. She called her parents who hurried to the area. As they arrived there, they heard someone blowing a whistle, which is the municipality’s suggestion to frighten away boars. “And then, the boar ran toward the dog again,” the mother said, explaining that her daughter was traumatized by the incident and couldn’t sleep the entire night afterward, keeping her parents up as well. The Yisrael Hayom report quoted a Haifa resident who commented on the decision of Haifa Mayor Dr. Einat Kalisch-Rotem to end the culling of the boars that was allowed in the past to keep the population down. “The city’s argument that the hunting was ineffective is wrong,” the resident said. “The situation is getting worse every day, and the boars are getting bolder and bolder. It happened the moment the hunting stopped. We’ve been warning the city about it for over a year. Every sow has 12 piglets, twice a year, so a hundred female boars give birth to 2,400 piglets a year.” “That’s what we’re seeing on the streets now – entire herds.” Yocheved Levy, a resident of the Upper Hadar neighborhood, told Yisrael Hayom that the boars has negatively affected her quality of life. “They’re always outside my door. If I’m returning […]

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