France: Farmers exasperated by wild boar damage

At the initiative of the FDSEA of Pas-de-Calais, a meeting was organized on Wednesday October 6 with the director of the DDTM and his services to observe the damage caused by wild boars in the Boulonnais region. This year again, there are many and the finding is alarming. The damage to corn observed in the Boulonnais area is numerous © FDSEA 62 Faced with the upsurge in wild boar damage in recent weeks and feedback from their members, the elected officials of the FDSEA in Pas-de-Calais wished to alert the DDTM to the importance and gravity of the situation. In this period of silage, the finding is clear. In addition to the usual black spots that act as a reservoir of population, we are witnessing a spread of the species over the territory. The scenario seems to play out again: the traces of passages are more and more frequent then, a few holes appear in the pastures, two or three circles of damage in the corn during the passage of the forage harvester as well as damage in the ...