In the frigid night of China's Qinling mountains, hunters with huge social media followings scour the landscape in pursuit of wild boars menacing local farmers' livelihoods.
China's wild boars -- today numbering two million -- were a protected species from 2000 until 2023, but emerged from safeguarding last year with a reputation for devastating crops.
China's wild boars -- today numbering two million -- were a protected species from 2000 until 2023, but emerged from safeguarding last year with a reputation for devastating crops.
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00:00This is a public farm, because our village is right next to the mountains.
00:22Our village's crops are damaged every year.
00:26At the time, we were just having fun.
00:30An old man took us out to hunt wild boars.
00:34After one hunt, we felt pretty good.
00:45Hunting is a man's natural hobby.
00:54We like to watch it.
01:08We usually go to the garbage dump to collect trash.
01:12We pick up trash and throw it away.
01:14We don't sleep at night.
01:23We spent more than 1 million yuan the day before yesterday.
01:33That's less than two years.
01:37From the time we started to now.