Oddity Central: A popular mountain scenic spot in China’s Sichuan Province allegedly allows visitors to chase after wild boars and even take them home for free if they can catch them with their bare hands.
Wild boars are some of the strongest and most dangerous animals one can find in the wild. They can weigh up to 300 kg (660 pounds), reach speeds of up to 70 km/h (43 mph) and can tear through almost anything with their sharp tusks. Boars are particularly vicious when cornered, so a tourist attraction where you can pay to risk your life trying to catch these animals using only your bare hands sounds nothing short of insane. However, it turns out that the Jiuhuang Mountain Scenic Area in Sichuan, China has been letting people chase after boars and keeping whatever they catch for at least a decade. more
The wild pigs depicted don’t have tusks, so they are sows not “boars”. They also seem kind of small in the photos and video. The last one I shot was a 250 lb boar with tusks about 7″ long and razor sharp, so I doubt very much they are letting tourists catch those by hand.
I do enjoy the Sichuan pork at the Chinese local..
Catch It And You Keep It
Heeeeeeeer it comes!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NewSO3RzKZg
Classic Lampoon!
‘Merica!
https://youtu.be/CQmL7JRdYcY?si=Z4ySbQD7NrBn8Bx4
This is not animal cruelty. This is a necessary eradication of an invasive species that is completely out of control.
In the college days fraternities were known for downing lotsa beer then heading downtown on hog night. Never heard of any guy keeping what he bagged.
@Jethro, exactly right! The beasts cause millions of dollars of crop damage, not to mention damage to the natural environment. Shooting from a helicopter looks like a challenge!
Plus, Gov. Newscum changed the rule of one hunting tag per pig per hunt to one tag per however many a hunter can kill in one year. The pigs must have gotten into his vineyards.
Oh, may I?
@ Conservative Cowgirl
It’s Billions of damage to farmland/crops.
There is no restriction or season to killing wild hogs in Texas – they are a pest, not game. No tags needed. Unlimited hunting all year long.
I think it should illegal to have a business that sells weekends of hunting these hogs – they have a kill limit because they want to make money off the sport.
Please tell me how you have an unlimited supply of wild hogs to sell these weekends for when State law says it’s illegal to transport live ones and be of any support to them?
These businesses should be outlawed because they have no intention to eliminate them. You can’t tell me your hundreds of acres can keep hogs in or out of it’s fence line. It’s BS. They are a part of the problem.
it is still illegal in France to name a pig Napoleon
Old Yeller found out.
Side note, the bbq ribs are tasty.