Across Europe, a silent invasion is reshaping forest ecosystems. Wild boars (Sus scrofa), once controlled by natural predators and human hunting, are experiencing an unprecedented population boom that ...

Wild boar culled to minimise human-pig interactions. Image by The Animal Reader on YouTube. The wild boar population in Hong Kong has been increasing, leading to more frequent interactions with humans ...

Beginning five million years ago, Sus scrofa (top), the wild boar, spread from Southeast Asia across Asia and into Europe.

The first South American case of human trichinosis, resulting from the consumption of roast wild boar (Sus scrofa) is reported in Chile. The patient presented fever, diarrhea, myalgias, facial edema, ...

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The Kerala government, in a 14 February assembly resolution, called on the Centre to declare wild boar ‘vermin’, among the other amendments it sought to the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, to reduce ...

Abstract: Feral hogs (Sus scrofa) are among the most widely-distributed mammals in the world and have the highest reproductive output compared with other ungulates. Worldwide, feral hogs are ...

Similarly, the issue of human-wild boar (Sus scrofa) and human-blue buck (Boselaphus tragocamelus) conflict and unplanned conversion of farmlands into concrete jungles are also causes of concern.