Wild Boar and Woodland Regeneration
by catherine, 24 April, 2009, 6 comments
Despite their reputation for causing damage, it might be time to review the notoriety of the wild boar. The very thing that makes farmers and landowners in Kent and Sussex shudder, can also help regenerate woodland. Despite being a native of the British Isles, wild boar have not been seen in this country in any great number since medieval times, probably hunted out. James I and Charles I attempted to reintroduce to them to royal parks for hunting, but not with much success. By the late 17th century, they had cross-bred with domestic pigs to extinction. Read more...
