For more information, visit the website of the UK Wild Boar Trust.
The Mammal Society cautiously welcomes this return of a native species to the wild mammal fauna of Britain.
The Mammal Society acknowledges that responsible reintroductions should take place within the framework of the IUCN guidelines.
The Mammal Society recognises that such accidental reintroductions can have positive and negative effects and accepts that further work is urgently needed with regard to the size and management of these populations and their potential effect on the British countryside in the long term. Depending on the outcome of such work, this welcoming position might need revision.
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