Wild boars accounted for injuries to more hunters in the medieval world than wolves and bears put together.
I think it's great they're running around in the woods again.
But not in MY woods thankyouverymuch.
BBC: In January 2008, an aggressive boar had to be shot at Ruardean Primary School.
This is the animal in question. It was in the school playground, actually minding its own business eating windfall apples. This photo was taken by my wife..... just before "they" decided that it would be easier to shoot it than try to relocate it.
BBC: Boars also damaged a football pitch at Ruspidge last year while a number of gardeners have complained of damage.
That's the least of the problems. I live in Ruspidge. The boar are now in gardens all over the place, and also raiding dustbins (trash cans). I walk the forest all around here almost every day, and I
always see turned over patches of earth. You can't take a walk anywhere without seeing signs of boar. So far I have only seen the boar from a distance, but they have been known to attack people, and particularly people with dogs.
They're a damned nuisance, and dangerous too.
Rod