Article: Born to be wild ; Following the Government's decison against a national cull of wild boar, landowners can now act to control growing numbers of the feral beasts on Exmoor, Dartmoor and in the Forest of Dean. But West journalist OWEN ADAMS says that we shouldn't be boorish about the boar

Article: 'Don't cull the boar'
Citizen Gloucestershire, The;  January 26, 2009 ;     217 words ...Boar in the Forest of Dean are escalating in...AND ADDRESS SUPPLIED "The boar are a tourist attraction in...right. Many people visit the forest just to see them. They should...was deer and now it's the boar." NAME SUPPLIED, FOREST OF DEAN

Article: Give the boars some respect in the Forest
Citizen Gloucestershire, The;  March 19, 2008 ;     396 words ......have a right to be in the Forest. The boar are such a curious and...detailed audit of how many boar there are in the Forest and where they are living...though. Let's accept that boar have a right to roam in the Forest and that we have a duty...

Article: Wild boar have bacon saved ; Forestry chiefs say they have no plans in place for a cull of boar in the Forest of Dean.
Western Daily Press (Bristol UK);  May 23, 2008 ;     76 words ...Forestry chiefs say they have no plans in place for a cull of boar in the Forest of Dean. Nationally the Forestry Commission has, as part...animals. But officials in the Forest of Dean say they are a...there are at least 100 boar in the Forest but many believe that is...

Article: Forestry commission sends team to Germany to tackle wild boar
Citizen Gloucestershire, The;  December 27, 2008 ;     359 words ...With wild boar on the rampage in the Forest of Dean the Forestry Commission...learn how to cope with the Forest's growing population of wild boar. A spokesman said: "It is...determining the numbers of wild boar in the Forest but it is estimated there...

Article: Tracking down fresh, wild pork; The hard way: grab a gun and join City gastronomes on a boar hunt.
The Evening Standard (London, England);  February 2, 2005 ;     700+ words ......after truffles in the forests of France or Italy...challenge is hunting wild boar. In the hills outside...criss-crossed the forest, following instructions...catch the scent of boar. We were at the bottom...a ridge above the forest, Nick and the others...wind, waiting for boar to ...

Article: Boar is shot dead at primary school
Citizen Gloucestershire, The;  February 1, 2008 ;     434 words ...A Wild boar was shot dead yesterday morning on the grounds of a Forest of Dean primary school. The adult male boar was acting "aggressively" at Ruardean Primary School before Forestry Commission rangers arrived...on the management of wild boar is set to be made by the Government...Since they ...

Article: Future of wild boar splits opinion in forest
Western Daily Press (Bristol UK);  March 26, 2009 ;     375 words ......way of tackling the boar in the Forest. Some members of the...meeting of the wild boar group set up to advise Forest Enterprise what the...Con, Lydney), said Foresters had to choose between bluebells and the boar. He clamed the best...

Article: Wild boar sightings spark fear in village
Citizen Gloucestershire, The;  March 18, 2008 ;     275 words ...Residents in a Forest village are concerned after a wild boar was spotted in the area...Clearly there are boar all around the Forest but this is the first...without any problems." A boar was shot dead by the Forestry Commission at Ruardean...

Article: School boar shot.(News)
Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);  February 1, 2008 ;     28 words ...A boar was shot dead at a school yesterday because it was considered a threat to pupils. The boar had became aggresive when approached by a ranger in Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire.

Article: I levelled my rifle and got ready to firebut all I could do was gawp He'd had too much brandy at breakfast and was alone in a French forest, but Jeremy Clarke will never forget his first encounter with wild boar
The Sunday Telegraph London;  December 21, 2003 ;     537 words ......flushed from their forest fastness with dogs...So it's your first boar hunt and you've had...car roof, into a forest. You are handed a...move again. If a boar comes charging out...adieu" (my first boar hunt was in the Languedoc...deeper into the forest. Now you are alone...

Article: Forest of Dean landowners told they can shoot wild boar.(News)
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  February 1, 2005 ;     237 words ...Landowners in the Forest of Dean have been...legally shoot wild boar.More than 20 have been on the run in the forest for the past eight...she said. Wild boar were hunted to extinction...300 years ago. Now forest managers are worried...deputy surveyor with Forest Enterprise, which...the ...

Article: 'Gun down all the Forest's wild boar'
Citizen Gloucestershire, The;  May 23, 2008 ;     246 words ......sparked plans to cull wild boar in the Forest of Dean. With the population...an increase in reports of boar attacks. This has prompted Forestry Commission bosses to put...The exact numbers of wild boar in the Forest is still not known although...

Article: Why are we still waiting for advice on how to control the wild boar?
Western Daily Press (Bristol UK);  October 4, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Wild boar in the Forest of Dean could have...wardens say the number of boar attacks on dogs and people, which prompted the Forestry Commission to put up...landowners like the Forestry Commission how they want the boar managed as soon as...

Article: Animal rights warning over boar cull
Citizen Gloucestershire, The;  March 26, 2009 ;     92 words ......rights activists could target the Forest of Dean if there is a cull of the wild boar roaming the woodlands, the authorities...of tackling the boar in the Forest. Some members of the group still...renewed their calls for the boar to be exterminated. But Coun...