"Misunderstanding the Wild Pig" shooting accident... Because the reward increased and the number of funny photos increased? [Anchor Report]

Four days ago, in Yeoncheon, Gyeonggi-do, a wild boar hunting folly mistook his colleague for a wild boar and shot him, and his colleague died.

As the number of foliage increases due to the increase in wild boar capture rewards, such accidents are also increasing, according to an analysis.

As African swine fever spreads and wild boars frequently damage crops, a reward system for capturing harmful wildlife, including wild boars, was introduced in 2019.
As a result of
, the government is paying 200,000 won per wild boar.

In addition, the local government is paying a separate reward,
At the end of last year, the number of hunter license holders exceeded 30,000 from 15,000 before the introduction of the
reward system.

It's more than doubled.

Analysts say that as the number of ugly photos increases, competition becomes fierce, and wild boar misidentification shooting accidents can increase.

Up to the Yeoncheon accident four days ago, three people were killed in a misidentification shooting accident this year,
It seems necessary to take measures to reduce accidents, such as managing the qualifications of the
foliage and making it mandatory to report hunting in advance.

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