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Article: Wild boar the ground force team to revive ancient forest

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August 24, 2005
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WILD boar have returned to an area where their ancestors once foraged to help efforts to restore the ancient Caledonian pine forest.

A project has started in Glen Affric in which wild boar are now living and breeding within two large enclosures in the forest. It is hoped that the "original ground disturbance force" will eat invasive bracken and help increase the number of tree seedlings to regenerate the forests.

The project is unique in using wild boar to manage a native pine wood and the eight sows, one boar, called Boris, and 40 young will soon be rewarded for their efforts by moving from a test plot of just over an acre to a larger home of about 10 acres.

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