A young wild boar with a metre-long arrow stuck in its side wandered through Mijas Costa on Saturday evening. Locals and tourists alerted the Local Police, but no response came to the scene.
A young wild boar, pierced by an arrow over a metre long, was wandering on Saturday evening through an area of urbanisations in Mijas Costa, in the province of Málaga. The animal was limping and grunting in pain, following its mother and the rest of the sounder, while locals and tourists watched the scene without any emergency services arriving at the location.
The arrow, visible to the naked eye, pierced the left side of the boar. According to eyewitnesses, the animal remained in the area for approximately an hour, until sunset, without the Local Police or any wildlife capture team appearing. The situation generated outrage and concern among those who witnessed the event.
Unanswered calls
A tourist from Northern Ireland, named Dale, who is on holiday on the Costa del Sol, was one of the first to stop upon seeing the scene and called the police. Two Armenian neighbours, Gayané and Romik, who are used to encountering wild boar, also made the call. “It is suffering and someone has to do something,” declared Gayané, visibly affected, not understanding “such cruelty”.
A couple from Alhaurín el Grande, Francisco and Tamara, who were in Mijas, stopped their car upon seeing the animal. “My wife saw it first and we couldn't believe it,” explained Francisco to EFE. “It’s a shame that this happens to the animal. If they need to be eliminated, it should be done differently, but leaving it like this, suffering, is not necessary,” he added.
The wild boar plague on the Costa del Sol
Wild boars have become a growing plague in many areas of Andalusia, especially along the Málaga coastline. There have been reports of wild boars reaching the beach itself, and even this winter a female and her piglets took refuge from heavy rains inside a shopping centre in Fuengirola. The presence of these animals in urban areas worries residents, who are calling for solutions.
From the Malagueña Ecologist Network, it has been pointed out that “they are a problem for some municipalities that sometimes adopt extreme measures”. They also warn that “since they are not a protected species, they are completely unprotected”. The environmental organisation criticises the lack of action regarding an injured animal and calls for an investigation into the origin of the arrow.
For the residents of Mijas Costa, the incident leaves a bitter taste. “We cannot allow an animal to suffer like this without anyone doing anything,” commented a neighbour. The lingering question is who shot the arrow and why, while the injured boar continues on its path, limping, with the arrow still lodged.
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