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Police Chase Boar Living High on the Hog in Berlin Mall
Berlin police and Tierpark zoo staff used wooden pallets to guide a wild boar out of a Koepenick shopping centre after it entered seeking food, then returned to nearby woods.
- A wild boar slipped through sliding glass doors into a Koepenick shopping‑centre home‑decor shop on March 13, 2026, around 9am, prompting police to evacuate staff.
- Past episodes, including a mid‑2023 incident in southwestern Berlin, show this is not unusual, with wild boars often roaming the city's surrounding woods.
- Berlin's zoo veterinarians and officers used an anaesthetic gun, shields, and a blowgun while assessing that sedating was infeasible due to the premises' layout.
- Using wooden pallets, responders guided the animal back toward the exit, and officers and the zoo team drove the boar out of the shopping centre; it then returned to the forest peacefully.
- The incident drew a joint police and zoo veterinarian response, illustrating recurring human‑wildlife clashes near Berlin's woods and the use of non‑sedative, improvised tactics.
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Police chase boar through home decor store in Berlin
A wild boar wandered into a Berlin shopping centre's home decor shop, sparking a police response that drew in officers and veterinarians equipped with an anaesthetic gun, wooden shields and even a blowgun but ended peacefully.
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