Boars Were Released into the Wild By Animal Activists
Posted on: Thursday, 5 January 2006, 06:00 CST
BRITAIN'S first boar hunt for centuries ended yesterday with one of the 60 fugitive animals safely back in his pen.
The hunt - more of a roundup - was carried out by hunt members and farmers at the request of local boar farmer Alan Dedames.
Around 100 of his animals scampered to freedom in the countryside around East and West Anstey, in Devon, on December 22 after a fence was cut by animal activists.
Forty of the animals were retrieved, but 60 remained on the loose causing damage to farmland as they root for food.
Scores of people, including members of the Dulverton Farmers Hunt and other country folk spent three and a half hours scouring the area for the missing boar using hounds and quad bikes.
Eventually one of the boars, an 18-month-old male, was flushed out around a mile from Mr Dedames's farm.
He said of the single success of the day: "It is brilliant.
"He went straight back into his enclosure as well. He ran back totally by himself."
Hunt chairman Dennis Woollacombe said the operation had not been a success, but added: "Obviously the boar were not where we were expecting them to be."
He said the hunt would launch another search if farmers requested it.
Source: Daily Post; Liverpool
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