Two Of Six Boar Released Into Scottish Estate Succumb To Extreme Cold.

Update

In November of 2009 we reported about an experiment to use boar for bracken control. Trees for Life, a Scottish charitable group to preserve the environment, released boar from the Highland Wildlife Park into an enclosed research area to study the effects of boar rooting on bracken growth.

The extremely cold weather on the Dundreggan Estate killed on young boar. A second animal became also gravely ill. It was taken in for treatment with antibiotics. They did not improve or turn around his condition. Consequently, the boar had to be put down humanely.

The loss demonstrates two things in my opinion: First, even hardy native species suffer losses from harsh weather and other unfavorable environmental conditions. In a natural environment those losses are quickly replaced once more favorable conditions prevail. Secondly, wild animals that are kept in enclosures under the discrete care of humans may not be as hardy and resilient as their truly wild cousins.

Boar surviving the extreme cold on trash.

(Telegraph.co.uk; 01/12/2010) The boar shown in the picture above have nothing to do with the released boar on the Scottish Wildlife Estate. The picture just demonstrate to what length the animals will go to survive.

My original post is here: http://wildboarhunting.blogspot.com/search?q=bracken+and+boar

PJJ