Despite its relentless efforts, the Capital Development Authority (CDA) has failed to curb wild boar population in the capital city. The CDA has applied various tactics such as using pesticides and poison but all this seems to have effect on the rising number of wild boars that pose serious threat to the residents.
An official of the CDA told Pakistan Today on Sunday that at least a four-year-long campaign was needed to impede the rising population of wild boars.
He said there were no statistics available to determine the actual number of the beasts. But, he said, the CDA was aware of their ever-increasing numbers.
A female boar gives birth to at least seven cubs at a time on average, the official added.
He said the breeding areas of wild boars had been identified all over the federal capital, especially near brooks and streams, greenbelt areas that are thickly covered by vegetation, marshy grounds around Rawal Lake, near Shakarparian and at the foothills of Margallas.
Residents have also expressed their grave concern over the increasing number of these animals, saying that CDA should take right steps to at least retrain the entrance of wild boars in residential areas. They complained that a number of road accidents were usually caused by the animals.
A CDA spokesman, Ramzan Sajid, said wild boars were a health hazard, very dangerous and a real threat to the lives of the residents of Islamabad.
“They are easily attracted to the kitchen waste in the garbage bins and trolleys. The CDA has taken all possible measures to control the increasing population of wild boars.
In this regard, the staff of the Environment Directorate of the CDA has been instructed to use poisonous baits to kill wild boars,” he added.