Dept asks Malaysia to monitor wild boar health

The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation will ask its Malaysian counterpart to help survey the health of wild boar herds across both countries’ shared border, after a herd was found dead in a national park in Pattani.

According to Pattarapol Maneeon, chief of the wildlife healthcare management unit at the department’s Wildlife Conservation Office, eight carcasses were found in the watershed area of Klong Wang Sai. A herd was also found dead in Bang Lang National Park, though the number of boars affected were unclear.

The cause of death remains unknown, but Malaysia — which lies just across the border — has been reporting mysterious wild boar deaths since 2021.

Authorities will examine samples collected from the carcasses in a laboratory to determine the animals’ cause of death, he said.

Local authorities will also be asked to monitor the…