A HERD of wild boars has thwarted a suspected car thief's getaway. Police in Schwerin, northern Germany, said the 18-year-old abandoneda stolen vehicle he was driving yesterday after failing to shake off a chasing patrol car by driving into a field. Police nabbed his passenger immediately.

HARRISBURG, Pa., Jan. 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In response to a recent state Supreme Court ruling, Pennsylvania Game Commission Executive Director Carl G. Roe today directed staff to begin developing regulations to allow the incidental taking of wild boars during certain hunting seasons.

Northeast China province scales back wild boar cull HARBIN, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- Forestry authorities in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province on Tuesday announced they have approved a proposed plan to cull 200 wild boars in the province this year.

Text of report in English by Russian news agency ITAR-TASS Chisinau, 24 July: Herds of wild boars, which this year's severe drought has forced to leave forests, have been attacking the outskirts of the Moldovan town of Bender.

THE hunt for wild boars, which have been terrorising residents in Bukit Antarabangsa, Ampang, hit a snag after several hunters who had earlier agreed to kill the animals pulled out. But the team leader, Tan Seng Imm, is not perturbed. He is trying to convince other friends to join in.