WHY did the wild boar try to cross the road? No one knew but its
body did get stuck in a divider barrier.
The incident happened on Saturday at Kranji Expressway near
Woodlands.
An 11am phone call to animal welfare group Animal Concerns
Research and Education Society (Acres) triggered a rescue
operation.
It took about an hour for a team that included Mr Hafizzan Shah,
26, an animal caregiver at Acres - with help from a tow truck
driver - to set the boar free.
'It weighed five to seven kg and was quite aggressive. While it
had no major injuries, it had some abrasions likely caused by the
constant rubbing against the divider,' said Mr Shah.
He felt the rescue bid could have taken longer if tow truck
driver Thambi Rajah had not stopped his vehicle to help.
-- ST
