The culling of the illegally released pigs has caused outcry with hundreds of people questioning why they could not be rescued.

“These wild boar are the real Loch Ness monsters, some are the size of a small car.” Residents claim there is an army of around 5,000 feral hogs following interbreeding with domestic pig ...

Wild boar roamed all over Britain until over-hunting and habitat loss lead to their demise by the 17th Century. Since the 1970s, when enterprising farmers discovered a gap in the market for wild ...