Posted on 11/16/2017 10:44:45 PM PST by nickcarraway
San Francisco residents surrendered a wild boar to Animal Care and Control officials this week in what officials are describing as a definite first for the agency.
The residents apparently found Spirit, a young wild boar, when he was a baby three months ago in an area near Mount Shasta.
They brought him home to keep as a pet, but developed doubts about keeping him as he got bigger, according to Deb Campbell, a spokeswoman for Animal Care and Control.
Campbell said Spirit walked into the animal shelter on a harness and leash.
Animal Care and Control is now looking for possible homes for Spirit at sanctuaries and licensed wildlife rehabilitation facilities.
Possessing and transporting wildlife is illegal in California, with potential fines between $500 and $10,000.
Should have just shaved it and called it a pig...
Feed em for a couple more weeks = Pit Size
a bookish wild boar....
Put a $10 orange vest on him and call him an emotional support pig.
Since all “wild boars” are derived from domestic stocks and/or domestics crossed with eoropean boars for recreational hunting and non native it’d be a stretch to prosecute a possessing wild life case with them. The government prevailing on that line of reason could essentially say the same for “wild horses” and “wild burros”...
I don’t see anything a few weeks on a corn diet would not fix.
Perfect size for the Barbie. Yum!
Pigs can be dangerous. Mainly because they are really smart.
Sounds like something out of a “Bob and Ray” routine.
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