Singapore to eradicate wild boar SINGAPORE (AP) - Singapore will eradicate hundreds of wild boar from a military training island, the Defense Ministry said Thursday, drawing criticism from environmentalists who call the move inane. The ministry also said the risk to servicemen of catching a virus from the boar was "negligible." However, professional hunters will be hired to kill all the wild boar on the island of Pulau Tekong, where national servicemen train. The Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control is conducting tests to find out what has caused the brain inflammation illnesses in Singapore and Malaysia. Nearly 40 of the deaths have occurred since January among farm workers and residents in the Bukit Pelanduk area. See full story <http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2558933771-e51>
