Wild boar breaks into children’s clothes shop

A HONG Kong shopping mall received a visit from a ham-fisted customer on Sunday when a wild boar wandered in and got trapped inside a children’s clothing store.

By The Newsroom Monday, 11th May 2015, 4:39 pm

A wild boar is seen on top of a display rack at a childrens clothing store in a mall in Hong Kong. Picture: AP

Video aired by local TV stations showed the boar, which had apparently climbed up a ladder in the shop’s back room, punching a hole through the showroom’s false ceiling with a hoof.

News reports said the animal was a 25kg, metre-long juvenile female.

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A crowd of shoppers, watching from behind a line of police, squealed in amazement as the boar clambered down onto the top of display case, jumped to the floor and skittered around the shop, knocking over mannequins and signs.

A wild boar is seen on top of a display rack at a childrens clothing store in a mall in Hong Kong. Picture: AP

The boar was eventually tranquillised by a vet and taken to an animal rehab centre, the South China Morning Post reported.