Public asked to report sightings of large boar in Kerry

Calahonda52

https://www.rte.ie/news/munster/2021/0617/1228628-kerry-boar/

Is Dail in recess?

People in Co Kerry are being asked to report any sightings of a large male boar running wild in the Cordal and Mount Eagle area and not to approach it.

Seamus Hassett, regional manager with the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS), said the animals are listed as an invasive species and pose a biosecurity hazard to the disease-free status of the national herd.

A family of seven wild boars were on the loose and the NPWS has now "disposed humanely" of six of the animals.

Mr Hassett told RTÉ's Morning Ireland that it is not known how the boars got into Ireland, but there have been 48 recorded sightings here to date.

He said that genetic analysis shows these animals are boar-pig hybrids and pose a threat to biodiversity.

The animals are socialised, but they should not be approached, Mr Hassett added.

He asked for any sighting of the boar to be reported to the NPWS by calling its office in Killarney National Park on 064-6635215.

tdf7187

This him??

Mr. teddywinkles

Kerry's bigfoot

branie2

Good advice

silverharp

George Hook on holidays?

whisky_galore

Boar lives matter.

Dempo1

tdf7187 wrote: »

This him??

Brilliant but I'm sure I've seen another one with a cap on

Dempo1

silverharp wrote: »

George Hook on holidays?

O God, I'd completely forgotten that odious oaf actually existed

Shaka Hislop

Won't anybody think of the poor Kerry pigs, immigrants coming over here taking their jobs

some random drunk

Joke's on them, I'm not even in Kerry at the moment!

Badly Drunk Boy

Calahonda52 wrote: »

https://www.rte.ie/news/munster/2021/0617/1228628-kerry-boar/

Is Dail in recess?

People in Co Kerry are being asked to report any sightings of a large male boar running wild in the Cordal and Mount Eagle area and not to approach it.

Should you tell them if you've seen a large female boar?

SouthWesterly

Dempo1 wrote: »

O God, I'd completely forgotten that odious oaf actually existed

I miss George. He spoke a lot of common sense.

razorblunt

A boar? Isn't that what a stag party from Dublin is looking for in Killarney?

Dempo1

SouthWesterly wrote: »

I miss George. He spoke a lot of common sense.

He certainly spoke alot but sense?

Furze99

Heard the chap from the Wildlife Service on earlier. Seemed to be completely lost on both him and the RTE interviewer that boars were once native wildlife in Ireland. I mean he's in Kerry and one of the best know spots in his territory is Torc Mountain, named after the beasts. The irony of shooting them as too much bother to do anything else was strikingly ignorant. What did he say 'they are a danger to the environment or eco system'?? Next they'll be shooting badgers, oh they already do.

whisky_galore

Furze99 wrote: »

Heard the chap from the Wildlife Service on earlier. Seemed to be completely lost on both him and the RTE interviewer that boars were once native wildlife in Ireland. I mean he's in Kerry and one of the best know spots in his territory is Torc Mountain, named after the beasts. The irony of shooting them as too much bother to do anything else was strikingly ignorant. What did he say 'they are a danger to the environment or eco system'?? Next they'll be shooting badgers, oh they already do.

Probably afraid of pathogens passing to domestic animals...or (cynical hat on) injuries to public and claims.

So yeah, least expense and effort, just shoot.

How Soon Is Now

''The animals are socialised, but they should not be approached, Mr Hassett added...''
Was he talking about Kerry people or the Boar?

Feisar

Furze99 wrote: »

Heard the chap from the Wildlife Service on earlier. Seemed to be completely lost on both him and the RTE interviewer that boars were once native wildlife in Ireland. I mean he's in Kerry and one of the best know spots in his territory is Torc Mountain, named after the beasts. The irony of shooting them as too much bother to do anything else was strikingly ignorant. What did he say 'they are a danger to the environment or eco system'?? Next they'll be shooting badgers, oh they already do.

It was circa 800 years ago they were kicking about so hardly relevant today. We have no wilderness in this country so they'd become a serious issue with damage to farmland, apparently the case in the UK. Again not exactly a native wild animal, it'd be like letting cattle that were either released or broke free run wild. "To much bother to do anything else", what exactly have you in mind?

Note the above is coming from someone that'd love a wild pig population to add to the menu.