Welcome to boar-lin! Berlin police stop the traffic to let a herd of wild boars and their piglets cross the street
- Berlin Police stopped traffic to allow a herd of more than 20 wild boar to cross
- Felix Hackenbruch posted the hog clip in the Zehlendorf district on May 17
- Berlin is sometimes known as the ‘wild boar capital’ with 3,000 said to live there
Footage from Berlin has been shared online of police providing an escort for a herd of more than 20 wild boar as they try to cross a road.
Felix Hackenbruch posted the clip of the boar running across a road on Twitter on May 17 at 12.11pm.
A herd of wild boar is known as a sounder.
Berlin Police block the road to allow a herd of more than 20 wild boar to cross in the Zehlendorf district with piglets leading the charge
In the clip a group of baby pigs can be seen charging across the road in the Zehlendorf district followed by their parents.
The sound of their feet scuttling on the road is the only noise that is heard.
A police car is parked across both lanes further down the road.
The Berlin Police Twitter account retweeted the footage and said: ‘Sometimes the wilderness is right on our doorstep.’
They also posted a second video of officers monitoring the hogs before they made their crossing.
Wild boar wandering around major cities has been a problem for some time now.
Animal crossing: Scratching noises can be heard as the pigs stampede across the road
Thanks to the road being closed by Berlin Police, all the wild boar cross the road safely. There are believed to be around 3,000 wild boar living in Berlin which is sometimes called the ‘wild boar capital’
Barcelona, Berlin, Houston and Hong Kong have all reported cases of the wild animals roaming the streets.
Berlin employs a team of stadtjäger, or city hunters, who are trained to deal with wild boar in the city.
Despite this, there are still around 3,000 wild boar believed to be inhabiting the German capital, which is occasionally dubbed the ‘wild boar capital’.
They have become accustomed to life in the city and can often be seen using public crossings to navigate the roads.
Berlin’s wildlife commissioner Derk Ehlert said: ‘I never cease to be astonished by how wild boars and their young deliberately choose pedestrian crossings to cross roads.’
He also said that the urban environment of Berlin acts as almost a supermarket for the boar who are on the lookout for food.