The Yukon agriculture branch continues to work with a farmer whose wild boars escaped in the Mendenhall subdivision, west of Whitehorse, several weeks ago.

The owner of the boars was told by the agriculture branch to resolve the situation.

This meant the owner had to recapture each of the seven animals or kill them. This had to be done by last Wednesday.

Jesse Devost is the director of communications for the Department of Energy, Mines and Resources.

He confirmed that staff are continuing to work with the owner to make sure the animals are not in the wild.

Following this, he said, the government will determine what type of enforcement actions it will take.

Because this is an ongoing enforcement issue, Devost said, the government cannot provide more detailed information like the timeline or the amount of fines.

As of Monday, the owner had shot one of the animals.

“The agriculture branch continues to work with the owner to come to a quick resolution to this issue,” Devost said.

He said the branch can provide information for the proper fencing needed to contain wild boars.

“It is important that people raising these animals construct adequate fencing, as wild boars are powerful animals and we do not want them to become established in the wild,” Devost said.

He is asking that if anyone has seen any of the escaped animals to contact the agriculture branch.

“Information from the public helps us to keep tabs on animals that may be at risk on the highways and could pose potential health and safety risks to people or wildlife,” he said.