The city of Haifa has seen a wave of new tourism – but the newcomers arrived on all-fours. The Israeli city’s wild boar population has undergone an explosion after a new mayor banned pig hunting, sparking a battle with residents.
Scores of the furry-snouted creatures have been spotted roaming the streets of Haifa as of late – tearing up backyard gardens and digging through trash bins – following a move by the city’s new mayor Einat Kalisch-Rotem to ban efforts to cull the local boar population.
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