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Our Newest Addition - Wild Boar1904 εμφανίσειςHaving obtained our License to Keep Dangerous Wild Animals from the Malvern Hills District Council, we have just purchased a wild boar, sow, and four wild piglets from Cleeve House Farm. Here's the boar as he took his first prowl around his field.
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Wild Boar's Snout10186 εμφανίσειςLook at the length of his snout -- almost longer than his body.
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Wild Boar832 εμφανίσειςLooking quite content in the tall grass.
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Wild Sow Sleeping in the Tall Grass805 εμφανίσειςLooks more like the African jungle than sunny Worcestershire. The wild boar wrap themselves in tall grass, and almost make a nest for themselves.
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Richard Chamings (right) and Big and The Wild Boar1526 εμφανίσειςOur newly-arrived wild boar has a prolapse, possibly from all the rich, new grass at his new home. Here Big (left) and our vet, Richard Chamings operate on the boar's rear. Tranquilising a wild boar proved to be quite a challenge: he just didn't want to lie down.
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Richard Chamings Performing Surgery on the Wild Boar986 εμφανίσεις
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Wild Sow Enjoying the Summer Afternoon859 εμφανίσεις
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Richard Chamings With the Spring Hypodermic Needle893 εμφανίσειςGetting close to the wild boar proved to be quite a challenge. Richard was finally able to to administer the tranquiliser using a spring-loaded syringe.
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"New" Wild Boar1038 εμφανίσειςWe picked him up on August 27 2005. The existing wild sow doesn't really like him, but so far he's kept his distance and there haven't been any real fights.
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Wild Boar Feeling Frisky4939 εμφανίσεις
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Sunflower821 εμφανίσειςThis sunflower -- and only this one -- is growing along the fence in the wild boar field. The pigs haven't even touched it.
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Wild Boar1025 εμφανίσειςThis is the young wild boar, almost laughing at me. I'd rather him laugh than chase me . . .
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