Wild Boar spotted at Wishaw

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A few years back, wasn't there a crazy lady (and I mean proper bat-sh1t crazy; not some mildly eccentric version) who used to farm hybrids by Kiltarlity?

I think that was the lady that persuaded the Forestry Commission, to let her some open land for a Tamworth pig enterprise, the pigs were contained (for a wee while using electric fencing) and then escaped across the countryside.

If I recall her argument (with some political backing) was that by rotating the electric fenced paddocks the pigs would cultivate the land ready from planting while at the same time promoting a sustainable rural business that produced organic meat.

Its amazing that people continue to come up with similar schemes and get teh hump when FLS tell them where to go!

 

[CarlW]

I think that was the lady that persuaded the Forestry Commission, to let her some open land for a Tamworth pig enterprise, the pigs were contained (for a wee while using electric fencing) and then escaped across the countryside.

If I recall her argument (with some political backing) was that by rotating the electric fenced paddocks the pigs would cultivate the land ready from planting while at the same time promoting a sustainable rural business that produced organic meat.

Its amazing that people continue to come up with similar schemes and get teh hump when FLS tell them where to go!

That's the lady! Used to scare me a bit....

 

[Freeforester]

I think that was the lady that persuaded the Forestry Commission, to let her some open land for a Tamworth pig enterprise, the pigs were contained (for a wee while using electric fencing) and then escaped across the countryside.

If I recall her argument (with some political backing) was that by rotating the electric fenced paddocks the pigs would cultivate the land ready from planting while at the same time promoting a sustainable rural business that produced organic meat.

Its amazing that people continue to come up with similar schemes and get teh hump when FLS tell them where to go!

I recall seeing this in practice also in lower Glen Lyon a few years back, but with only a couple pigs, iirc. They certainly made short work of the bracken.

 

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I recall seeing this in practice also in lower Glen Lyon a few years back, but with only a couple pigs, iirc. They certainly made short work of the bracken.

Yeah, there is no doubt they do the job, while they are still there......

 

[countrryboy]

Meant to be very god for bracken control.

I'd also imagine it will be relatively easy to estimate if any populations truelty are ' wild boar"
I imagine n most areas informed locals generally know where they came from originally ( as I doubt any populations have been living quietly unseen for hundreds f years)
So will depend if they had the proper licence for two ' wild boar'

I know the local pop look like genuine wild boar and certainly taste very different from pork but are 100% feral domestic breeds

 

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Meant to be very god for bracken control.

I'd also imagine it will be relatively easy to estimate if any populations truelty are ' wild boar"
I imagine n most areas informed locals generally know where they came from originally ( as I doubt any populations have been living quietly unseen for hundreds f years)
So will depend if they had the proper licence for two ' wild boar'

I know the local pop look like genuine wild boar and certainly taste very different from pork but are 100% feral domestic breeds

Yeah, while taste is partly down to genetics the biggest influence is diet, so no matter what different breeds eating teh same diet and growing at the same rate will taste very similar

 

[Sharpie]

Well if they go by train, they're gonna have to wear masks...

Speaking of which, I have finally purchased some, despite all the previous baloney about why they are not necessary. But soon will be compulsory, as the second wave sweeps in (already in for nearly a week but not yet quite reported, I suspect it will not be good news.) And wearing a bit of fabric across your face is unlikely to change anything.

The pharmacist (who I know well) at my Tesco seemed slightly amused by my request for some. Do you commute ? was her first question. No but I do use public transport and would like to show willing with more than just a scarf around my face.

Here you are she said, ten "face coverings" in pale blue. £6.50. Curiously I asked why they had never had such things available previously. she replied that, amazingly, a massive delivery of "face coverings" had been delivered to the Tesco distribution centre a few hours before the government announcement.

Ok I said, may I have four packets of these token "face coverings" please. That might last me one month.

No, you can only have 20. But I want 40. And this seems to be an "under the counter" item. OK, fill your boots, nobody knows that we have them, not on display, only came in yesterday, read the writing on this packet and take a view.

To which specification do they meet ? Muted giggle, rolled eyes.

Examined the packets of "face coverings" costing 65p each, (branded with a prominent red star logo surrounded by inscrutable writing, which I intend to send to my Chinese/Indonesian sister in law, holed up in Darlington, for interpretation).

I think I could do better with a sheet of good kitchen towel, a couple of clothes pegs and a bit of string. But that might not look good enough for, say, an arsey PCSO.

My plan, which is progressing well, is to continue to grow my hair and beard until my face is entirely covered, nostrils and ears also furred up, the only downside being trying to get through passport control, looking like a hedgehog. Not that that is going to happen anytime soon.

 

[Sharpie]

Yeah, while taste is partly down to genetics the biggest influence is diet, so no matter what different breeds eating teh same diet and growing at the same rate will taste very similar

Indeed, anything that is, say, brought in to eat up horrible stuff will end up tasting of it.

Vegans (or their partners) might like to think about this. Some of them don't smell very nice.

Edited: to remove some references about wildlife management in my area, where we do try to do a little good. It is complicated.

 

[Freeforester]

Why on earth would you want to introduce a species that will end up ripping up fields, parks and gardens. That as bad (in fact probably worse) that the folk that want munjrats to spread.

Beavers? Illegally introduced, but now protected. Sort of, anyway.

 

[Sharpie]

Beavers? Illegally introduced, but now protected. Sort of, anyway.

Aah, those. Perhaps they simply swam away from their nutjob introducers and even hitched a few lifts to get down south. Meanwhile creating mayhem.

Now, here is the thing, may I catch, trap, or shoot one, it being a non-native species, under AOLQ condition ?

Might make a nice warm hat, or a pair of gloves.

Next trick, lynx, wolves and bears. Posited for introduction to Kielder (a most unnatural forest BTW).

 

[Freeforester]

o'Donoghue (o'Pportunist) has been shown the door there. Trying his luck with the wildcat now, he was an elephant expert, before he was a lynx expert, did you know?

 

[LuckyEddie]

Back to the thread.
The beast was holed up in my daughter’s friend’s back garden.
Where it was apparently captured as it tried to get back up the railway embankment.
They didn’t know anything about it until they looked at the CCTV the following day.
If I’d known about it, and been fit, I may have toddled down with some ammo and acquired some bacon for the freezer!

It had escaped from the local abattoir less than 200yds down the track

11 trains delayed for a total of 83min

Interestingly the Police originally called it a pig and the railway people changed it to a wild boar. Looking at the photo it would appear more pig than boar!

 

[Milligan]

Back to the thread.
The beast was holed up in my daughter’s friend’s back garden.
Where it was apparently captured as it tried to get back up the railway embankment.
They didn’t know anything about it until they looked at the CCTV the following day.
If I’d known about it, and been fit, I may have toddled down with some ammo and acquired some bacon for the freezer!

It had escaped from the local abattoir less than 200yds down the track

11 trains delayed for a total of 83min

Interestingly the Police originally called it a pig and the railway people changed it to a wild boar. Looking at the photo it would appear more pig than boar!

Why let anything so trifling as the truth get in the way of a good story. Works well for politicians, journalists and SJW's.

 

[Island]

Send some down to fife or Stirling.

No.

Please don't...

 

[zambezi]

Thinking and knowing, they can be tricky customers, hence my query re same as regards sus scrofa.

Certainly I have seen plenty of examples of boar in the Forest of Dean that look pretty kosher. [oxymoron?] No obvious genetic inheritance of Saddleback or Tamworth in their shape or pelage.

 

[Penyard]

The original wild boar that formed the original population in the FoD were escapees or released from a wild boar farm at Deep Dean near Ross-on-Wye. Whilst the owner denied it, the evidence was rather overwhelming. The owner had used imported boar blood to get a bigger carcass size but to the best of my knowledge there was never any domestic blood introduced. I have shot literally hundreds of them and as far as I am concerned, they are true wild boar. The feral pig phrase is designed to demean and assist in classifying them as a pest to be eradicated. Don’t get me wrong, they are a bloody nuisance at times but they are manageable and fill an ecological niche that they only temporarily vacated 300 years ago courtesy of our forefathers.

 

[Penyard]

They look just like real wild boar to me. This one was awarded a CIC silver medal (for wild boar not feral pigs) and was the first ever wild boar shot by my pal on his first ever outing. He doesn’t know how lucky he is!!

 

[Dave_45]

Send some down to fife or Stirling.

Already there

 

[Ade8mm]

Certainly I have seen plenty of examples of boar in the Forest of Dean that look pretty kosher. [oxymoron?] No obvious genetic inheritance of Saddleback or Tamworth in their shape or pelage. View attachment 166341

Oxymoron

 

[timbrayford]

The conformation of the BBC boar looks more like a wild boar X domestic hybrid to me, it just seems to be too long in the back and too heavy on the rear end for a wild boar pure bred. Incidentally many years ago I used to run free range Tamworths in a local woodland, the only certain way to keep them in was with a pig netting boundary fence with an electric wire over the top and another one about 6" from the netting 10" off the ground.