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A wild boar out bargain hunting in Munich's main pedestrian zone.
This is another view of this bronze statue in front of the Deutsches Jagd- und Fischereimuseum (German Hunting and Fishing Museum) in the Neuhauser Straße in Munich.
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Bronze statue in front of the Deutsches Jagd- und Fischereimuseum (German Hunting and Fishing Museum) in the Neuhauser Straße (pedestrian zone) in Munich.
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Two little piglets exploring the world. An older photo that still makes me smile when I watch it
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... with the appropriate serenity ;-))
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Wild boar / Wildschwein (Sus scrofa)
Wildlife enclosure / Wildgehege Heigenbrücken, Spessart
• Jabalí
• Wild boar, wild swine, Eurasian wild pig
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Artiodactyla
Family:Suidae
Genus:Sus
Species:S. scrofa
Rocha, Uruguay
It's an old image, I've never posted, but I was thinking it's perfect for the theme "pigs and piglets" in Smile on Saturday.
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Manchmal muss man eben Schwein haben. :)
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Wildschwein (Sus scrofa) - wild boar
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Das Wildschwein (Sus scrofa) ist ein Paarhufer in der Familie der Echten Schweine und die Stammform des Hausschweins. Das ursprüngliche Verbreitungsgebiet reicht von Westeuropa bis Südostasien, durch Aussetzen in Nord- und Südamerika, Australien sowie auf zahlreichen Inseln ist es heute nahezu weltweit verbreitet.
Wildschweine sind Allesfresser und sehr anpassungsfähig; in Mitteleuropa nimmt die Population vor allem durch den vermehrten Anbau von Mais stark zu und die Tiere wandern verstärkt in besiedelte Bereiche ein.
Ursprünglich war das Vorkommen des Damhirschs wahrscheinlich auf Vorderasien einschließlich Kleinasien beschränkt. Er wurde aber bereits durch die Römer in anderen Regionen eingeführt. In vielen Regionen Europas ist er heute beheimatet, weil er vor allem während der Zeit des Absolutismus von Landesherren als weiteres jagdbares Hochwild eingeführt wurde. Die größten Bestände an Damhirschen gibt es heute in Großbritannien. Nach wie vor wird der Damhirsch in einigen Regionen in großen Gattern gehegt. Der Damhirsch kommt mittlerweile auch außerhalb Eurasiens vor und spielt auch in der Wildtierhaltung zur Fleischerzeugung eine große Rolle.
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wild boar (Sus scrofa)
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The wild boar (Sus scrofa), also known as the wild swine, Eurasian wild pig, or simply wild pig, is a suid native to much of Eurasia, North Africa, and the Greater Sunda Islands. Human intervention has spread its distribution further, making the species one of the widest-ranging mammals in the world, as well as the most widely spread suiform.[4] Its wide range, high numbers, and adaptability mean that it is classed as least concern by the IUCN[1] and it has become an invasive species in part of its introduced range. The animal probably originated in Southeast Asia during the Early Pleistocene,[6] and outcompeted other suid species as it spread throughout the Old World.[7]
As of 1990, up to 16 subspecies are recognized, which are divided into four regional groupings based on skull height and lacrimal bone length. The species lives in matriarchal societies consisting of interrelated females and their young (both male and female). Fully grown males are usually solitary outside the breeding season.[8] The grey wolf is the wild boar's main predator throughout most of its range, except in the Far East and the Lesser Sunda Islands, where it is replaced by the tiger and Komodo dragon, respectively.[9][10] It has a long history of association with humans, having been the ancestor of most domestic pig breeds and a big-game animal for millennia. Boars have also re-hybridized in recent decades with feral pigs; these boar–pig hybrids have become a serious pest animal in Australia, Canada, United States, and Latin America.
A nice evening walk through the woods.
Saw some deer and wild pigs, great greens and beautiful skies.
Makes me happy.
:-)
Wild boars living an easy life along one of the many inner channels that lead to the Danube river. Taken during a river photo safari inside the Special Protection Reserve
Jeune laie fuyant une zone de chasse. Image recadrée (- 19 %). ISO automatique (sous-bois peu lumineux). 6400 ISO 1/1250 f4.
7d MARK II 300 mm f/4
About a week ago I watched a bunch of wild boars. Although they were often quite nasty to each other, there were some lovely tender moments too.
Diesen Frischling begegnete mir im Bayerischen Wald in einem riesigen Freigelände. Die Rotte hat sich an die Menschen gewöhnt, können aber doch aggressiv werden, wenn sie sich, bzw ihre Frischlinge bedroht fühlen.
• Jabalí
• Wild boar, wild swine, Eurasian wild pig
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Artiodactyla
Family:Suidae
Genus:Sus
Species:S. scrofa
Juvenile specimens
Rocha, Uruguay
boar, wild boar or European boar
Wildschwein
[Sus scrofa]
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Wild Boar - Sus Scrofa
Forest of Dean
Status in Britain
Wild boars were apparently already becoming rare by the 11th century since a 1087 forestry law enacted by William the Conqueror punishes through blinding the unlawful killing of a boar. Charles I attempted to reintroduce the species into the New Forest, though this population was exterminated during the Civil War.
Between their medieval extinction and the 1980s, when wild boar farming began, only a handful of captive wild boar, imported from the continent, were present in Britain. Occasional escapes of wild boar from wildlife parks have occurred as early as the 1970s, but since the early 1990s significant populations have re-established themselves after escapes from farms, the number of which has increased as the demand for meat from the species has grown. A 1998 MAFF (now DEFRA) study on wild boar living wild in Britain confirmed the presence of two populations of wild boar living in Britain; one in Kent/East Sussex and another in Dorset. Another DEFRA report, in February 2008, confirmed the existence of these two sites as 'established breeding areas' and identified a third in Gloucestershire/Herefordshire; in the Forest of Dean/Ross on Wye area. A 'new breeding population' was also identified in Devon. There is another significant population in Dumfries and Galloway. Populations estimates were as follows:
The largest population, in Kent/East Sussex, was then estimated at approximately 200 animals in the core distribution area.
The second largest, in Gloucestershire/Herefordshire, was first estimated to be in excess of 100 animals. Legally classified as dangerous wild animals, the group is known to be feral descendants of domestic (Tamworth) pigs abandoned nearby. Their numbers grew by 2016 to at least 1500 and the Forestry Commission planned to reduce the total to a manageable 400. "Adult males can reach twenty stone (125 kg), run at thirty miles an hour, and can jump or barge through all but the strongest fences. Also, they are not afraid of humans, so (unlike deer) you can't just shoo them out of your garden."
The smallest, in west Dorset, was estimated to be fewer than 50 animals.
Since winter 2005/6 significant escapes/releases have also resulted in animals colonizing areas around the fringes of Dartmoor, in Devon. These are considered as an additional single 'new breeding population' and currently estimated to be up to 100 animals.
Population estimates for the Forest of Dean are disputed as at the time that the DEFRA population estimate was 100, a photo of a boar sounder in the forest near Staunton with over 33 animals visible was published, and at about the same time over 30 boar were seen in a field near the original escape location of Weston under Penyard many miles away. In early 2010 the Forestry Commission embarked on a cull, with the aim of reducing the boar population from an estimated 150 animals to 100. By August it was stated that efforts were being made to reduce the population from 200 to 90, but that only 25 had been killed.
The failure to meet cull targets was confirmed in February 2011.
Wild boars have crossed the River Wye into Monmouthshire, Wales. Iolo Williams, the BBC Wales wildlife expert, attempted to film Welsh boar in late 2012. Many other sightings, across the UK, have also been reported. The effects of wild boar on the UK's woodlands were discussed with Ralph Harmer of the Forestry Commission on the BBC Radio's Farming Today radio programme in 2011. The programme prompted activist writer George Monbiot to propose a thorough population study, followed by the introduction of permit-controlled culling.
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Ancient Greek plate with a painted boar - isn't he just wonderful? (he is probably not meant to be the domesticated kind, but a wild boar, which were popular to hunt)
Pottery dating to the first quarter of the 6th century B.C., from the Doric region of Greece, probably Rhodes (where it was found).