KOTA KINABALU: The African Swine Fever (ASF) outbreak in Sabah has affected indigenous communities in the state due to its impact on the wild boar population, recent research has found.
The research carried out by an international team from Malaysia, the United Kingdom and United States studied that oil palm expansion had affected the traditional hunting practices of the state's largest indigenous group, the Kadazandusun-Murut peoples.
The researchers found that 54% of those interviewed emphasised that they were motivated to hunt the bearded pig for their cultural traditions as it is frequently shared at festivals, birthday parties, and other celebratory events. At times over the last year, forests have even been reported to smell of the stench of rotting bearded pig carcasses.
" The species is very resilient, and its reproductive rate is high with a female able to produce between 3 and 10 piglets per litter. We can therefore expect that if some individuals survived the outbreak, the population could bounce back in a few years.”
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