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How to keep boars off land in France: natural ways or electric fence?

Homeowners are seeing more damage each year as numbers of the animals increase

French woman hospitalised after boar charges at her as she gardens

The pensioner now has plaster over half of her body

Woman, 19, dies in crash as wild boar crosses motorway near Toulouse

Two other people were seriously injured in the accident which happened in the rain

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Can we claim on house insurance if boars damage our French garden?

It is important to specify what cover is required when buying insurance

Hunting subsidies rise to €6.3m in France as critics call for ban

Critics say the hunting lobby has had far ‘too many gifts’ in recent years and are calling for a temporary ban, but proponents say its organisation is ‘transparent’

Tourists who spent night in French tree to escape wild boar fined €270

They called the gendarmerie for help but ended up having to pay a considerable price

Debate over wild boar hunts in France after one runs into public pool

A wild boar made a surprise appearance at a public pool in the Centre-Val de Loire after fleeing from hunters, bringing the topic of the boar population in France back into focus

French towns take action as urban wild boar sightings soar

Authorities across France are finding ways to deal with the growing problem, as hunters are also warned of the danger of eating undercooked boar meat

Wild boar numbers spike in France due to confinement

The wild boar population in the south of France has grown rapidly during confinement due to a lack of hunting and ongoing climate change, sparking increased tensions among the agricultural and hunting communities.

Criticism as France lengthens boar hunting season

Hunters in France are to win the right to hunt boar “almost all year round” due to a new government decree, in a move that has been condemned by a nature protection group.

151 boar killed in out-of-control hunt

The fédération de chasse des Ardennes said that it 'strongly condemned' the hunt

Bow and arrow boar hunting prompts debate in France

The decision to allow wild boars to be hunted by bow and arrow in the Vaucluse is prompting debate, with hunting experts in favour of the move, but local welfare groups launching a petition against it.

Farmers and hunters at loggerheads over boar

Dispute over control of animal population, which farmers say is destroying crops

Hunters kill 700,000 boar as numbers soar

Climate change and hunters feeding wild boar have been blamed for a population explosion that is forcing authorities to take drastic action as there are thought to be two million boar across France.

Boar

How to keep boars off land in France: natural ways or electric fence?

French woman hospitalised after boar charges at her as she gardens

Woman, 19, dies in crash as wild boar crosses motorway near Toulouse

Can we claim on house insurance if boars damage our French garden?

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Hunters kill 700,000 boar as numbers soar

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