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Wild boar release in Maesteg captured on CCTV
CCTV footage shows how two "sophisticated" thieves freed more than 40 wild boar from a farm in Bridgend county.
- Published14 August 2015
- SiteNews
- SectionWales
Trio deny releasing wild boars at Maesteg
Two men and a woman have denied illegally freeing wild boars after over 40 were released from a farm during a burglary in south Wales.
- Published6 February 2015
- SiteNews
- SectionSouth East Wales
Five charged over Maesteg burglary wild boar release
Five people are charged after wild boars were released during a burglary at a farm in Bridgend county.
- Published25 September 2014
- SiteNews
- SectionSouth East Wales
Hunt on for 21 wild boar released in Maesteg burglary
Police are on the trail of 21 wild boar which were set free during a burglary in Bridgend county at the weekend.
- Published28 April 2014
- SiteNews
- SectionWales
Boar released to battle bracken
Half a dozen wild boar are being released from the Highland Wildlife Park into a forest in an effort to help control the undergrowth.
- Published26 November 2009
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- Section
Wild boar released into woodland
Wild boar are released into a Highlands forest in a bid to aid the regeneration of ancient Caledonian woodland.
- Published26 November 2009
- SiteNews
- SectionHighlands and Islands
Fears over wild boar release
Farmers have voiced their fears that animal rights campaigners have released wild boar into parts of the Gloucestershire countryside.
- Published3 June 2008
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- Section
Special Branch probe boar release
Special Branch officers are called in to investigate the release of 140 wild boar from a Devon farm.
- Published1 November 2007
- SiteNews
- SectionDevon
Released wild boar seen near city
Wild boar thought to have been from a sounder released in north Devon are spotted a few miles from Plymouth.
- Published16 November 2006
- SiteNews
- SectionDevon
Forest of Dean: People learning to live alongside boars
Forest of Dean boar were hunted to extinction 700 years ago, but were reintroduced in the 1990s.
- Published10 February
- SiteNews
- SectionGloucestershire