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How to stay safe if you meet a wild boar while walking or driving
Euroweekly News ^ | Santiago Carneri • Updated: 29 Sep 2025 | Santiago Carneri • Updated: 29 Sep 2025

Posted on 09/30/2025 8:21:18 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Wild boars are becoming an increasingly common sight in urban areas across Spain. Towns such as Denia, Javea, Calpe, Pego, El Verger and Els Poblets are among the most affected, with these wild animals no longer sticking to forests. Streets, beaches and even homes are now on their route, leaving locals feeling uneasy. With tourism down, the boars’ presence is even more noticeable.

This isn’t a new problem. The surge in wild boar numbers is linked to a mix of ecological, social and urban factors.

To tackle the issue, the Generalitat Valenciana has introduced a decree with guidelines on population control and wildlife management, alongside financial support for local councils to

What to do if you encounter a wild boar

Keep your distance – don’t touch or corner them.

Warning signs of a possible attack: hair standing on end along the back and a cracking sound like nuts being bitten.

Never feed them.

If driving, stay calm: keep your eyes open, avoid honking, and don’t flash your lights.

Keep campsites and trails clean, as food scraps attract them.

Authorities’ role

The Police and Guardia Civil are responsible for managing the situation, usually by guiding the animals back to their natural habitats. Each municipality has its own protocols depending on the severity of the problem.

Why wild boars are booming

No natural predators: The disappearance of foxes, genets and eagles has helped them multiply.

High reproductive rate: A female can have up to eight piglets per litter.

Milder winters: Climate change means more adults and young survive.

Damage to crops: They ruin fields, orchards and irrigation systems, causing economic losses.

Urban incursions: Their lack of fear of humans brings them into gardens, terraces and streets.

Population control measures include capture cages and studies into sterilisation. Experts agree that long-term solutions require an integrated approach combining population management, public education and urban planning.


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1 posted on 09/30/2025 8:21:18 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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If you regularly eat bacon - they’ll know.


2 posted on 09/30/2025 8:24:57 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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Carry a gun. Or a boar spear if you are in excellent shape and feel like gambling with your life.
3 posted on 09/30/2025 8:25:50 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (It's like somebody just put the Constitution up on a wall …. and shot the First Amendment -Mike Rowe)
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Well, I’ve never been to Spain...


4 posted on 09/30/2025 8:27:32 PM PDT by decal (They won't stop, so they'll have to be stopped)
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Warning signs of a possible attack: hair standing on end along the back and a cracking sound like nuts being bitten.

Don't want that.

5 posted on 09/30/2025 8:30:04 PM PDT by scott7278 (Those who beat their swords into plowshares usually end up plowing for those who kept their swords.)
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To: decal

But I kinda like the music.


6 posted on 09/30/2025 8:30:21 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

What about a wild bore?


7 posted on 09/30/2025 8:30:40 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

If you encounter a wild boar in Spain, just tell it Francisco Franco is still dead.


8 posted on 09/30/2025 8:31:01 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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“...a cracking sound like nuts being bitten...”
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Ouch!


9 posted on 09/30/2025 8:31:06 PM PDT by Repeal The 17th (Get out of the matrix and get a real life.)
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Or a wild Boer?


10 posted on 09/30/2025 8:31:36 PM PDT by decal (They won't stop, so they'll have to be stopped)
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They say the boars are insane there...


11 posted on 09/30/2025 8:32:33 PM PDT by decal (They won't stop, so they'll have to be stopped)
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To: decal

But I kinda like the music.


12 posted on 09/30/2025 8:33:20 PM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
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Years ago I spoke with a park ranger in the backcountry of Great Smoky Mountains national park. He’d run across a wild boar once that charged him. He emptied his Glock sidearm into it as it kept coming at him. It plowed up dirt onto his boots as it came to rest in front of him. He said he was composed while firing at it, but once it was over he was shaking so hard he could barely hang onto his gun.


13 posted on 09/30/2025 8:34:09 PM PDT by EnderWiggin1970
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Keep yelling “I didn’t vote for Trump!” until the wild bores leave you alone.


14 posted on 09/30/2025 8:35:40 PM PDT by OrangeHoof (Always spay or neuter your liberal.)
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“...don’t touch or corner them.”


No kidding? I thought you were supposed to touch and corner them.


15 posted on 09/30/2025 8:35:45 PM PDT by Ken H (Freeper #240 - Dec 05, 1997)
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This sounds like a 10mm backup is needed.


16 posted on 09/30/2025 8:36:14 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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Don’t think the pig will care.


17 posted on 09/30/2025 8:36:30 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (It's like somebody just put the Constitution up on a wall …. and shot the First Amendment -Mike Rowe)
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To: Repeal The 17th

I don’t like the sound of that! At all!


18 posted on 09/30/2025 8:37:59 PM PDT by bigbob (We are all Charlie Kirk now)
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Say the ladies are insane there

And they know how to use it

They don’t abuse it

19 posted on 09/30/2025 8:39:05 PM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
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To: decal

… but I kinda like the Jamon!


20 posted on 09/30/2025 8:39:34 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Right_In_Virginia’s 84% Plausibly Anti-Semitic posts put him at #1! Any challengers?)
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