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Berlin suffers wild boar invasion

By T.K. Randall
May 2, 2011 · Comment icon 13 comments

Image Credit: CC 2.5 Richard Bartz
Berlin is being plagued by large numbers of wild boar roaming the streets and causing chaos.
Wandering around on the roads, rummaging through garbage and digging up the grass the boars have become something of a nuisance. To combat the problem officials are putting up fences to try and keep them from entering built-up areas.
People in Berlin are growing used to the sight of wild boar in the streets, as increasing numbers of them come into the city to look for food. Anyone caught feeding them is fined, special fences have been built to keep them out and the city has also had to employ a wild boar hunter to try to control them.


Source: BBC News | Comments (13)




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Comment icon #4 Posted by Cryptozological Mascot 13 years ago
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Comment icon #5 Posted by Device 13 years ago
I think it would be great if there were boars roaming around everywhere. Not only in Berlin, but all of Europe too. I just would.
Comment icon #6 Posted by Cryptozological Mascot 13 years ago
I think it would be great if there were boars roaming around everywhere. Not only in Berlin, but all of Europe too. I just would. There are boring people everywhere...
Comment icon #7 Posted by SilverCougar 13 years ago
mmm boar roasts... boar sausages...
Comment icon #8 Posted by David Yates 13 years ago
What? Berlin suffers wild boar invasion? What is Donald Trump doing in...oh, wait...boAR. Sorry.
Comment icon #9 Posted by Robbie333 13 years ago
Can you say Barbecue Sauce and a Keg of beer !!!
Comment icon #10 Posted by High Gravity 13 years ago
Hunting won't control their numbers! They've tried that in Texas and the Feral Hog population steadily climbs without a dent in their population. Of course, Brats 'n Beer sounds good!? Free BBQ Pork for the homeless, eh?
Comment icon #11 Posted by Realm 13 years ago
Set up block parties with a hog roast, that'd be a start.
Comment icon #12 Posted by The Black Ghost 13 years ago
I find it saddening that we have taken away so much natural territory from wild animals....then when they come anywhere near civilized society everyone gets scared and they usually get shot or relocated. I mean...what the hell do you expect to happen?--if a natural food source is destroyed, where do you go---to the food!
Comment icon #13 Posted by FLOMBIE 13 years ago
But that is not why they are coming to Berlin. There is plenty of Forrest in and surrounding Berlin. But their natural predators are gone, thus they are overpopulating the area and spreading to the city.


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