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Our Newest Addition - Wild BoarПросмотров: 1749Having 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 SnoutПросмотров: 10064Look at the length of his snout -- almost longer than his body.
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Wild BoarПросмотров: 741Looking quite content in the tall grass.
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Wild Sow Sleeping in the Tall GrassПросмотров: 710Looks 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 BoarПросмотров: 1379Our 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 BoarПросмотров: 859
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Wild Sow Enjoying the Summer AfternoonПросмотров: 768
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Richard Chamings With the Spring Hypodermic NeedleПросмотров: 778Getting 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 BoarПросмотров: 941We 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 FriskyПросмотров: 4845
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SunflowerПросмотров: 675This 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 BoarПросмотров: 877This is the young wild boar, almost laughing at me. I'd rather him laugh than chase me . . .
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