Giant razorback caught on outback station, Follow our live blog for the latest from the Met Gala, Keep up with the latest ASX and business news, Health Minister Mark Butler addresses Medicare reform and vaping crackdown. [5] The wild boar can consume numerous genera of poisonous plants without ill effect, including Aconitum, Anemone, Calla, Caltha, Ferula and Pteridium. Pound Monster Pig, Bigger Than 'Hogzilla A whopping-big feral pig has been nabbed not far from a homestead in far west New South Wales. Hundreds flocked to the Jambin Hotel Motel for the conclusion of the boar hunt. It has been suggested that some early myths surrounding the Welsh hero Culhwch involved the character being the son of a boar god. The pig was claimed to have been shot during a hunt on May 3, 2007, by an 11-year-old boy named Jamison Stone. The species is now one of the widest-ranging mammals in the world, as well as the most widespread suiform. [9] Its closest wild relative is the bearded pig of Malacca and surrounding islands. When wild boars invade new areas, they adapt to the new area by trampling and rooting, as well as displacing many saplings/nutrients. Boars in the former area will also feed on cormorant and heron chicks, bivalved molluscs, trapped muskrats and mice. This service may include material from Agence France-Presse (AFP), APTN, Reuters, AAP, CNN and the BBC World Service which is copyright and cannot be reproduced. [93], Wild boars have crossed the River Wye into Monmouthshire, Wales. But thanks to some hunting help, the giant pest was soon tracked down. Hoax-Slayer.com says an article in the January 2007 edition of Sporting Shooter states the 220kg boar was shot on a cattle station in the Pilbara. "When it's really dry, they'll kill full-grown sheep.". [12], The species originally occurred in North Africa and much of Eurasia; from the British Isles to Korea and the Sunda Islands. Its a murder scene: feral pigs torment residents in New Zealand During the Renaissance, when deforestation and the introduction of firearms reduced boar numbers, boar hunting became the sole prerogative of the nobility, one of many charges brought up against the rich during the German Peasants' War and the French Revolution. Adult males are usually avoided entirely. Farm manager Adrian Roots says it has become an important part of addressing one of his land's "biggest problems". [101][102] The species has no natural predators in Brazil, as it is an exotic species, in addition to breeding with the domestic pig, generating the so-called "javaporco" (neologism created to define this hybrid), factors that contribute to the exaggerated increase in the population. Modern domesticated pigs have involved complex exchanges, with European domesticated lines being exported in turn to the ancient Near East.