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May 18, 2020 / 12:09 PM

Police escort wild boar herd running across busy Berlin road

Der (Schw)Einsatz war kein Zufall: Wie dieses Observationsvideo zeigt, waren die borstigen Vierbeiner schon vorher ins Visier unserer Fahnder und Fahnderinnen geraten. pic.twitter.com/nS0jv3HhII— Polizei Berlin (@polizeiberlin) May 17, 2020

May 18 (UPI) -- Police in the German capital temporarily blocked a busy road to allow a herd of more than 20 wild boar to dash across the street.

A video posted to Twitter by Felix Hackenbruch shows the pack of pigs, including several young hogs, running across a busy road in the Zehlendorf district of Berlin while police blocked traffic.

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The video was shared by Berlin Police, who provided a second clip showing police monitoring the boar herd before their successful road crossing.

"Sometimes the wilderness is right on our doorstep," police tweeted.

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