There are now an estimated 1,000 in the wild.
There are now an estimated 1,000 in the wild.
Who came up with that estimate Bob? I heard that there were at least 900 in the Forest of Dean, so the other 100 must be spread fairly thin throughout the country.
Who came up with that estimate Bob? I heard that there were at least 900 in the Forest of Dean, so the other 100 must be spread fairly thin throughout the country.
Who came up with that estimate Bob? I heard that there were at least 900 in the Forest of Dean, so the other 100 must be spread fairly thin throughout the country.
A tragic accident that's probably not made any easier for the family to bear by people getting all excited about the involvement of an unusual animal.
The article also makes it sound as though the fatality was caused by the boar rather than the lorry, which seems unlikely.
With the inexorable spread of feral boar, sadly we're likely to see this repeated, assuming there's little chance of improvement in the road sense of boar... or the reflexes of lorry drivers.
Does anyone lese feel that the New Year has begun with more than its share of grim news?
Ps, Wild boar are wild boar. Pigs gone wild are feral.
feral
adjective
(especially of an animal) in a wild state, especially after escape from captivity or domestication.
As all the "wild" boar in the UK come originally from captive farmed stock, "feral" struck me as the appropriate word in a British context.
Tragic and very unlucky
BTW my FAC says "Feral Pigs"
Tragic and very unlucky
BTW my FAC says "Feral Pigs"