A wild boar wandered into a Berlin shopping mall's home decor shop on Friday, sparking a police response that drew in officers and veterinarians equipped with an anaesthetic gun, wooden shields and even a blowgun but ended peacefully. Police said they were alerted to the porcine intruder around 9 am (0800 GMT) when it slipped through sliding glass doors into the mall and started rummaging through the aisles, as staff quickly vacated the shop. Police said officers and the zoo team eventually decided it was best to drive the boar out by "constructing a path using wooden pallets", adding that "the wild boar then returned to the forest, which we assume it came from". It was not the first time a wild boar has roamed built-up areas of the German capital, which is surrounded by woods. In mid-2023, a wild boar prowling the streets of southwestern Berlin sparked panic after it was briefly mistaken for a lioness.

Source: The Local March 14, 2026 16:31 UTC