As African swine fever stalks the EU’s biggest livestock population, researchers aim to deploy a vaccine to halt the disease’s spread and shield millions of animals. The fate of millions of pigs in Europe could be decided this coming winter in a Hungarian forest. There, EU researchers plan to test a vaccine against African swine […]
Tag: Wild boar
Wild pigs threaten biodiversity hotspots across South America, study shows
Wild pigs are recognized worldwide as a nuisance to the environment. The IUCN lists them as one of the worst invasive species due to their potential to damage crops, harbor diseases and disrupt ecological processes. Now, research published in the Journal for Nature Conservation reveals that the expanding presence of wild pigs (Sus scrofa) across […]
Could rewilding animals turn Britain into a modern day JURASSIC PARK? How beavers, bison and wild boar could wreak havoc if they break free – and could even become DEADLY
Love it or hate it, rewilding is coming to the countryside near you. Beavers have been reintroduced to the UK since 2008 in a bid to restore natural environments, with the latest colony due to be set up in the London Borough of Ealing. Likewise, wild boar have already been let loose in the Forest […]
Tales of killer wild boar in UK are hogwash, say environmentalists
Read the coverage about the wild boar that have made their home in Scotland and you’d be forgiven for thinking the country had become overrun with mutant, dangerous, sheep-eating feral pigs. According to the Telegraph, they “eat anything” and “attack humans”, and local press in Scotland refers to them as a “farmland pest” that “fights […]
Italy to let hunters loose against ‘invasion’ of wild boars
Italy’s ruling right-wing coalition is set to loosen hunting rules to deal with what the country’s farming lobby has called an “invasion” of wild boars. The boars are common in the countryside, but have recently also been spotted in central parts of Rome, attracted by the Eternal City’s chronically overflowing rubbish skips. In a change […]
Two Men Charged with Shooting Animals at a Safari Park in Quebec
Two Canadian men were charged with shooting animals at a safari park in Quebec and killing three wild boars and an elk. The men have been accused of breaking into the safari Parc Omega in Quebec and shooting three wild boars and an elk. The killings have shocked and devastated the park. Mathieu Godard and […]
British woman fatally shot while hunting boar in France, prosecutor says
A British woman has died after she was shot by her companion during a wild boar hunt in France on Sunday, in what a prosecutor described as a “dramatic accident”. The 67-year-old was wounded “above the heart” and taken to hospital in Saint-Brieuc, Brittany, where she died around midday, said the prosecutor, Nicolas Heitz. The […]
Spanish police guide bear back from city centre to mountains
Spanish police came to the aid of a brown bear whose apparent quest for acorns led him to pad the pre-dawn streets of a busy city in the north-western region of Castilla y León. The animal was spotted in the centre of Ponferrada in the early hours of Tuesday by a taxi-driver, who filmed its […]