Paee I of ] TIMISONyNE PINT THS ARTiCLE 1~ CLICK HERE TO PRINT CLOSE WINDOW April 05,2002 Wild boar hunted as sheep killed BY GILLIAN HARRIS, SCOTLAND CORRESPONDENT A HERD of wild boar is being hunted in the Galloway hills after two sheep were killed. Farmers and walkers have been told not to approach the animals, thought to have escaped from a farm. The boars that mauled the two sheep in Carsphairn, Dumfries and Galloway, last weekend were probably defending their offspring. Bill Little of the Scottish Society for the Protection of Animals, said that the sheep had wide scores down their hind quarters. "I had never seen anything like it," he said. "The boars must have used their tusks." Kenneth Wallace, a farmer, said that he had seen wild boars several times over the last two months but this was the first attack on livestock. Two boars were shot earlier this year but recent sightings suggest that there are still three adults and two young boars on the loose. John Young, another farmer who saw the boars digging for food in his fields, said: "They certainly did a lot of damage but the police have been unable to get anyone to own up to having them." Dumfries and Galloway police are investigating sightings. "We are urging everyone to use extreme care and not to approach any suspicious looking animal," a spokesman said. i://www.thetimes.co.uk/printFriendly/0„ 1 -2-257192,00 .html 07/04/02