|
|
Article: Forestry commission sends team to Germany to tackle wild boar
- Article from:
- Citizen Gloucestershire, The
- Article date:
- December 27, 2008
- Author:
CopyrightCopyright 2008 Citizen Gloucestershire, The. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
|
With wild boar on the rampage in the Forest of Dean the Forestry
Commission has sent a team to Germany to see how they cope with the
beasts.
After a series of incidents including damage to football pitches
and an incident at Ruardean Primary School, when a boar had to be
shot dead after it became aggressive, rangers have gone on a fact-
finding mission to learn how to cope with the Forest's growing
population of wild boar.
A spokesman said: "It is sensible to look at those places where
they are already having to tackle this issue.
"The problem is significant in Germany and there are places such
as the Czech Republic and Sweden where numbers have grown very
rapidly from nothing."
There is no ...