wild boar

[roscoe erf]

very sad http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/550478/Driver-killed-hit-wild-boar-M4

 

[CowgirlSquidge]

Sad as its such a rare breed, but cannot believe it werent from the farm nearby that rears them, strange, but very sad for the loss of this poor animal and thoughts with the family x

 

[roscoe erf]

are they not tagged or tattoo @Old Boar

 

[Old Boar]

I never tried to tag one for two reasons, I like living, and they have smallish ears and would rip the tags out in the scrub- they were slap marked, which was quick and easy. As they are classed as game, it is legal to shoot them on the farm, so maybe whereever this one came from, they did not see the need to tag or slap. A mature male may get to 20 stone (280lb?) but it would be unusual on a boar farm to have more than one boar (they fight rip each other apart) and commercially they are killed out at around 60kg (9.448 stone).
It has been recorded that they can travel 20 miles in a day.

The picture is of a warthog - a completely different animal!!!

 

[CowgirlSquidge]

They couldnt even get the pic right...donuts x

 

[Yosemite Sam]

Unless it escaped from a farm I have doubts that it was a wild boar. I've never heard of them in this area. More likely to be a monk jack I would think. Still very sad tale

 

[Paddington]

If you have a wild boar is automatically the male of the species, or do you have a wild boar boar and wild boar sow?

 

[Cooper3075]

Could be one of theses done some miles
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/47...tampeding-WILD-BOARS-released-during-burglary

 

[Strawgalore]

No such car as a fiat Ibiza either ,

 

[roscoe erf]

No such car as a fiat Ibiza either ,

correct seat but that just sums up todays journalism lazy and relying on smell checker

 

[roscoe erf]

they are getting about http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...savaged-death-wild-boar-broke-pen-estate.html

 

[MRT]

Long walk from Africa, I'm amazed it got out

 

[Paddington]

Are the Friends of the Wild Boar commenting on the numbers of wild, wild boar or just wild boar?

 

[CowgirlSquidge]

Long walk from Africa, I'm amazed it got out

arh....yes but the farmer guy did say 'but we have a big fence' i should bloody well hope he does, but if they bloody wanna get out they bloody well will (like most animals) says they can jump 6ft too...!!!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnVxtKIaXl0 Not exactly 6 foot tho

 

[Old Boar]

If you have a wild boar is automatically the male of the species, or do you have a wild boar boar and wild boar sow?

Wild Boar is the breed, so yes, Wild Boar boar and Wild Boar sow. Only the males grow the tusks which are visible after around 2 years old, and continue to grow. They grind the lower and upper tusks together to sharpen them, a sound similar to running a comb down a blackboard, and they can be needle sharp. The females have a good set of teeth, but not prominant tusks - they kill an animal by rolling it over and slashing along the belly line so the guts fall out.
Loading one of my boars for sale into a big cattle lorry, it cleared the lorry gates with no problem. If they want to get out, they do. I had a stand off electric wire at the bottom of the fence which helps. They can be tamed, as much as a feral cat can be, but the wild bit is always there!

 

[Paddington]

I am off to find a comb and a blackboard!