Taiwan's Wild Side II
Wednesday November 21, by Jerome F. Keating Ph.D.
While Taiwan may be a hi-tech island and lead the world in many products, with its many steep and rugged mountains, it still has its wild side. Last June 22, 2006, I had posted about a boar hunt where a man and his 15 dogs tracked down and cornered a 120 kg boar; now at 120 kg that is one big boar, something you would not want to face when it is cornered. The man's dogs got their share of gashes in that battle.
This past week there was another story in the paper about a Bunun tribe member known as the Boar King. This man got the title because he has killed more than 500 boars in his lifetime. 500 boars! If one man killed that many in his lifetime, just think how many boars there must be haunting the mountain passes and valleys. Taiwan does have its wild side, and I'm not talking about its politics.