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Are Euro wild boars not dangerous? So much for that Black Forest Ham premium! Boars definitely attack people in the US, and the wounds can be bad to the lower
by scurvy 7y ago
Are Euro wild boars not dangerous? So much for that Black Forest Ham premium!
Boars definitely attack people in the US, and the wounds can be bad to the lower body and gut. Lots of blood loss isn't uncommon.
- jacquesm 7y agoThey are, they are found in France, Germany, Belgium and Poland in the wild. Haven't seen or heard from any in NL but there is a good chance we have some here as well. Don't get between mommy and the cute little ones.
- Scarblac 7y agoThere are lots in the Netherlands, around the Veluwe they are a bit of a plague animal, ploughing up gardens et cetera. But groups of kids on a dropping are very noisy, they don't get to see any.
- gambiting 7y agoWe have them in Poland and from my own childhood spent around Polish forest I remember the rule being - if it's a single boar, you have good chances trying to scare it away, but if it's a mother with the young......make for the nearest tree and climb like your life depended on it(because she will attack you).
- scurvy 7y agoOK, that's my experience as well. Thanks!
- merijnv 7y ago> Are Euro wild boars not dangerous? They are, if you run into them and they feel threatened (especially mothers with babes). But it's super rare to run into them, as they avoid people. A group of teens out at night staying quiet enough to stumble across one seems infinitesimally small. Which is probably why I don't ever remember ever hearing of anyone attacked by boars...