ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Oct. 15 (UPI) -- A Florida sheriff's deputy discovered that a Taser is useless when it comes to trying to stop a 450-pound wild boar.
SCHWANHEIM, Germany, March 4 (UPI) -- Police in Schwanheim, Germany, said they managed to wound an aggressive boar that wandered into a liquor store, but the animal escaped capture.
LONDON, Feb. 21 (UPI) -- Wild boar hunting is back in Britain after a 400-year absence, the government said Wednesday.
POITIERS, France, Dec. 25 (UPI) -- A wild boar disrupted last-minute Christmas shopping in Poitiers, France, while a second boar damaged a train and caused railway delays.
OITA, Japan, Feb. 26 (UPI) -- A 75-year-old Japanese woman was listed in serious condition Monday with injuries inflicted by a wild boar being chased by police through the city of Oita.
NYKOPING, Sweden, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- A Swedish woman looking for her cat found a wild boar instead, or it found her.
DES MOINES, Iowa, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- An 1,199-pound Hampshire-Duroc crossbreed hog took home the prize at the Iowa State Fair's Big Boar contest.
LONDON, May 30 (UPI) -- Hunting wild boar, a sport that has not been practiced in Britain since the Stuarts were on the throne, may soon be legal.
ROME, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- Farmers have lost $95 million this year in Italy, where wild boars are breeding prolifically and have no natural predators, The Telegraph said Monday.
TSUGE, Japan, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- A wild boar went on a rampage Monday inside a Japanese grocery store, injuring one woman and forcing about 10 other shoppers to take refuge.
