>The same is happening with the wild boar in Sweden. They're multiplying like there's no tomorrow.
It is the same in Italy, not everywhere but in several regions.
Here they make a sort of "quota" of how many can (and should ) be hunted and killed in a given area to keep population under control.
Still there are years when the "quota" is not calculated (no idea how it is actually calculated) correctly and we have simply too many of them roaming around, to the dismay of farmers and more generally those living in the countryside as they (the boars) can really ruin a field or garden in no time.
As a side note, the actual meat, once checked negative for parasites, is among the "best" ones, in the sense that it is free from antibiotics and other drugs possibly used with raised pigs and the food the boars eat is 100% natural.
It is the same in Italy, not everywhere but in several regions.
Here they make a sort of "quota" of how many can (and should ) be hunted and killed in a given area to keep population under control.
Still there are years when the "quota" is not calculated (no idea how it is actually calculated) correctly and we have simply too many of them roaming around, to the dismay of farmers and more generally those living in the countryside as they (the boars) can really ruin a field or garden in no time.
As a side note, the actual meat, once checked negative for parasites, is among the "best" ones, in the sense that it is free from antibiotics and other drugs possibly used with raised pigs and the food the boars eat is 100% natural.