Posted on 10/30/2012 12:36:02 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
BERLIN (AP) -- Berlin authorities say they shot and killed a 120 kilogram (265-pound) wild boar after it attacked and injured four people including a police officer in a residential neighborhood.
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Wild boars are relatively common in green Berlin, though rarely cause problems beyond digging up gardens.
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another boar-ing tread on FR.. I like sweet bbg sauce myself.. :-)
LOLOL.... except it was in a residential neighborhood!
urban sprawl, I reckun.. we used to have raccoons and possums here, wild turkey and deer,, never seen a wild pig tho.. yet. :-} lock n load.
In the mid-80’s I was stationed in West Berlin and my quarters was just on the edge of the Grunewald, Berlin’s largest forest/park. There were many times when I could see signs of boars rooting around the ground next to my apartment.
Wild boar is tasty, but very lean. No fat like typical pork, so no bacon (bummer), but the back straps and tenderloin are delicious. Ribs can be braised and also taste great. Feral hogs are very plentiful in Florida and Texas and you can hunt them in each state for a nominal fee. It’s fun
Urban sprawl, I reckon.
I have to ping RedMDer and SJB to this! LOL.
Wild boar is tasty, but very lean. No fat like typical pork, so no bacon (bummer), but the back straps and tenderloin are delicious. Ribs can be braised and also taste great. Feral hogs are very plentiful in Florida and Texas and you can hunt them in each state for a nominal fee. It’s fun
A few years ago we looked at a property just outside of Berlin. The fence in the back had a heavy wooden gate, almost like a fort. I asked if it opened to the woods and was told it had not been used in many years and on the other side were wild boars. The scene was creepy.
Wild pigs are overrunning Texas as well, and moving into Oklahoma.
There is pretty much a year around open season on them.
They are regarded as the most prolific large mammal on the planet. Females can have their first litter at 13 months, with 5 or 6 piglets, and their litters increase in number to full adulthood with as many as 14 piglets a litter.
Gestation is about 4 months, and other females share in nursing. After a brief pause, they can mate again. And soon you are up to your eyebrows in pigs.
In Germany, hunters and accidents are killing at least half a million wild boars a year, and it is not even slowing down their population explosion. In Texas I think they have stopped counting.
A 22-minute movie about hunting wild pigs by helicopter in Texas. Reminiscent of a Vietnam gunship.
http://hunting.outdoorzy.com/shooting-feral-hogs-from-a-helicopter-in-texas-video/
They need to be transplanted to Mecca, Medina and Qom immediately.
I didn’t know Hillary was over there... < rimshot >< /rimshot >
Obviously, the Germans aren’t being nice enough to the wild boars. I am sure they would respond favorably to a different approach, one that recognized and respected their diversity and their cultural contributions to society. All the zoological studies out there concur with and recommend this far more accommodative approach.
"THAT ain't a wild boar, THIS is a wild boar!"
or this
I thought pigs could fly when jumped out of the aircraft. That's my story :)
vaudine
They could be pallitized and dropped out the bottom of C-130s.
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