Barcelona invaded by wild boars, 140 kilos culled

Barcelona is overrun with wild boars. This is the headline of the BBC while the photo of a man, the hunter Valentin Sainz, is published in the Spanish newspapers, with a 140 kilos specimen shot down after he sowed panic on the beach of Faro de Vilanova. ” A monstrous wild boar ”, wrote the Spanish media, recalling that a few days ago the wild pig had injured two dogs. Hence the decision of the local authorities to allow hunting the giant boar. Objective achieved by Sainz after two nights in the post, during which he killed four other medium-sized boars. In recent days, the singer Shakira, who lives in Barcelona, ​​also reported being attacked by a wild boar in a park. The encounters between the local population and wild boars are increasing, so much so that the authorities are evaluating the measures to be taken to keep their proliferation under control.