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

Four days ago, a wild boar hunting foliage in Yeoncheon, Gyeonggi-do, 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.

Capturing harmful wildlife in 2019 *Reward payment system* Introduction *200,000 won per wild boar + Local government reward* (transition to the caption) Owners of one type of hunting license (data: Ministry of Environment) 15,000 people before introducing the system → 31,337 people last year

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, local governments are paying separate rewards.

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.

Including the Yeoncheon accident four days ago, three people were killed in misguided shooting accidents this year.

There seems to be a need for measures to reduce accidents, such as managing the qualifications of funny pictures and mandatory hunting in advance.