A wild boar get stuck in a divider barrier. -- ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW
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.
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.
