Animal lover suffers multiple wounds after wild boar attacks her 4 times along Bukit Panjang Road
Posted on 05 May 2023 | 3,432 views | 14 comments
Gabrielle Chan
The Straits Times
May 4, 2023 When she was attacked by a wild boar on her way home, her first thought was not one of fear but of concern for the animal, as she knew it would be put down for the attack. Ms Durga Devi, 34, had alighted at a bus stop in Bukit Panjang Road close to midnight on Labour Day when she was attacked by the animal four times, as it flung her from side to side before throwing her on the road. Speaking to The Straits Times, her younger sister Sri Devi, 29, said her sister managed to get help from a jogger who was passing by.
Ms Sri Devi said that despite suffering from multiple wounds and cuts on her right calf, buttock and arm, her older sister, an animal lover, felt sad at the thought that the boar would be euthanised.
Ms Durga Devi, a retail manager with Changi Airport Group, said: “At least it was me and not anyone else. I can’t imagine if this attack had happened to a kid or someone else vulnerable.”
The Singapore Civil Defence Force said that it received a call for assistance near Block 270 Bangkit Road at 11.50pm on Monday, and took a person to Tan Tock Seng Hospital.
The National Parks Board (NParks) said it was alerted to the incident on early Tuesday and has since been in touch with the woman’s family.
NParks officers found the wild boar lying by the roadside. Its wildlife veterinarian said the boar’s hind legs were broken, and it was subsequently “euthanised humanely”.
Ms Sri Devi said her older sister has undergone four operations, and has a ruptured vein in her right arm as well as deep cuts on her calf.
“The doctor said that this was one of the worst cases of boar attacks he has seen,” she added.
Noting that her sister rescues animals in her free time, Ms Sri Devi said: “She loves animals, and even though she has been traumatised by the attack, she told me she did not want the wild boar to be euthanised.
“She does not know what has happened to the wild boar yet; I do not know what to tell her.”
The Straits Times
May 4, 2023 When she was attacked by a wild boar on her way home, her first thought was not one of fear but of concern for the animal, as she knew it would be put down for the attack. Ms Durga Devi, 34, had alighted at a bus stop in Bukit Panjang Road close to midnight on Labour Day when she was attacked by the animal four times, as it flung her from side to side before throwing her on the road.
The attack left Ms Durga Devi with multiple wounds and cuts on her right calf, buttock and arm. PHOTO: SRI DEVI
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