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''One of the most notable works of recent nature writing.'' HELEN MACDONALD

After centuries of absence, wild boar are back in Britain. What does this mean for us and them?

Big, messy and mysterious crossing paths with a wild boar can conjure fear and joy in equal measure. Driven to extinction seven hundred years ago, a combination of the species' own tenacity and illegal releases from the 1980s has seen several populations of this beast of myth begin to roam English and Scottish woods once more.

With growing worry over the impacts on people and the countryside, the boar's right to exist in Britain has been heavily debated. Their habitat-regenerating actions benefit a host of other wildlife, yet unlike beavers, these ecosystem engineers remain unloved by many. Why is there no clamour to reintroduce them? And, with the few boar in England threatened by poaching and culling, why are we not doing more to prevent their re-extinction?

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Groundbreakers

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      Publisher Bloomsbury
      Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
      Published 1/13/2025
      ISBN-13 9781399423991
      978-1399423991
      ISBN-10 1399423991
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      Earth Sciences, Geography & Environment Conservation of wildlife and habitats

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      ''One of the most notable works of recent nature writing.'' HELEN MACDONALD

      After centuries of absence, wild boar are back in Britain. What does this mean for us and them?

      Big, messy and mysterious crossing paths with a wild boar can conjure fear and joy in equal measure. Driven to extinction seven hundred years ago, a combination of the species' own tenacity and illegal releases from the 1980s has seen several populations of this beast of myth begin to roam English and Scottish woods once more.

      With growing worry over the impacts on people and the countryside, the boar's right to exist in Britain has been heavily debated. Their habitat-regenerating actions benefit a host of other wildlife, yet unlike beavers, these ecosystem engineers remain unloved by many. Why is there no clamour to reintroduce them? And, with the few boar in England threatened by poaching and culling, why are we not doing more to prevent their re-extinction?

      In Grou

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