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Our Newest Addition - Wild Boar1893 mol gekuckt ginnHaving 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 Snout10181 mol gekuckt ginnLook at the length of his snout -- almost longer than his body.
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Wild Boar828 mol gekuckt ginnLooking quite content in the tall grass.
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Wild Sow Sleeping in the Tall Grass801 mol gekuckt ginnLooks 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 Boar1518 mol gekuckt ginnOur 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 Boar980 mol gekuckt ginn
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Wild Sow Enjoying the Summer Afternoon857 mol gekuckt ginn
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Richard Chamings With the Spring Hypodermic Needle885 mol gekuckt ginnGetting 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 Boar1032 mol gekuckt ginnWe 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 Frisky4933 mol gekuckt ginn
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Sunflower818 mol gekuckt ginnThis 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 Boar1015 mol gekuckt ginnThis is the young wild boar, almost laughing at me. I'd rather him laugh than chase me . . .
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