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Article: Future of wild boar splits opinion in forest

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March 26, 2009
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Animal rights activists could target the Forest of Dean if there is a major cull of the wild boar roaming the woodlands, the authorities have been warned.

District councillor Alas- tair Fraser (Ind, Tidenham) issued the stern warning to a task force set up to find the best way of tackling the boar in the Forest.

Some members of the group still want an outright cull and this week renewed their calls for the boar to be exterminated claiming they are a nuisance and a danger to the public.

But Mr Fraser, who has three boars of his own and runs a llama trekking business in the Forest, warned any attempts to kill the boars could attract the wrath of extremists.

"If we do do it, you have to ...

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