Shoppers can be seen looking on in shock as a pack of wild boars are seen in the street before then heading into a mall on the Costa del Sol, in Spain, and roaming around
Wild boars storm shopping centre in Fuengirola
Wild boars stormed into a shopping centre sparking panic in a resort popular with Brits.
Footage shows nine of the animals trotting through the mall and making themselves at home as they headed towards an escalator while alarmed parents held their children in case the boars suddenly became aggressive.
One piglet can be seen heading towards a group of people before turning around and darting towards the others in the clip. The bizarre scenes were filmed inside the Miramar Shopping Centre in Fuengirola on the Spanish Costa del Sol.
The resort is home to 5,000 Brit expats and thousands from the UK head there on their holidays each year. It is believed the wild boars entered the complex through a door near the outside car park on Monday evening.
They were eventually shooed back out by security. Even though no harm was done, Miramar director Ignacio Dom nguez warned: “It’s a worrying issue because they’re wild animals. And if they feel threatened, they could attack.”
It is not the first time wild swine have been caught on camera at the shopping centre, as reported by What’s The Jam. A clip from December shows how several animals made a pigsty as they rooted around bins outside. They didn’t seem to be bothered by the nearby crowd of locals ogling them and filming them on their phones.
While locally they are seen on a “daily” basis say residents. “They are here every day,” said Daniel, a local resident who claimed they hang around at a children’s playground leaving parents worried. “Parents go to the park with their children and when they see the wild boar there, they have to turn around and go home because it is no longer a safe place for the children,” he told local media.
And it is also a problem when they are around the dog park where the animals can become aggressive. “Many days when you take the dog for a walk you have to leave because they become quite aggressive with the dogs,” Daniel added, while explaining that sometimes there are female boars with offspring and they may attack when feeling threatened by the dogs.
In October, police shot a wild boar dead after it caused panic on a street in Madrid. And in June 2023, another wild boar injured two officials during a beach rampage in El Campello on the Costa Blanca.
