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Wild boars have been frequently seen on the streets of the metropolitan area recently. They often descend to the city center in search of food, and if they used to come down mainly in winter, they are now seasonal.

How's to deal with it, reporter Kwang Hyun Choi will explain.

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In a residential area in
Seoul's Gangdong-gu, a wild boar roams.

On the report of a resident, they roamed nearby apartments and residential areas for two hours before being captured.

[THE WITNESS: The kids come and go, the first floor is open, and they do sports after school like this.]

Two wild boars appear in the center of Seongnam City, Gyeonggi, knocking over bicycles and walking freely along the human path.

In Jongno-gu, Seoul, a giant wild boar rushes across a six-lane boulevard onto the sidewalk, freezing citizens on the road.

In the last four years, an average of 1 wild boars have been captured after descending to downtown Seoul.

In the past, urban haunts tended to be frequent in winter when food was scarce, but now they are seasonal.

[Seunghoon Son/National Institute of Biological Resources: Even if you refrain from throwing things outdoors and things like that, if you don't come down and have nothing to eat, you don't actually do that much damage.]

If you find a wild boar on the road, you should quietly hide behind the concealment or climb to a high place with its back unseen.

Wild boars have poor eyesight, so they are insensitive to slowly moving objects.

Instead, they develop a sense of hearing and react sensitively to sounds.

[Seung-Yong Lee/Wildlife Management Association: Never scream.... People follow the form that moves and receive it. You should never run.]

There are also many hiking seasons, so it's worth knowing the basic tips to deal with wild boars.

(Video Interview: Choi Woong, Video Editor: Kim Jong-mi, CG: Kang Yoon-jung)