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The animal gave birth far from civilization on March 16 before being slaughtered on Monday night.
The fate of the female wild boar divided the island of Groix (Morbihan). A pregnant sow, possibly fleeing hunting, swam from the continent (about 9 km) across the Atlantic Ocean to give birth far from civilization on March 16. She gave birth to three piglets. Local residents who saw the animal were moved by this joyful event. Others feared that it might overgrow or even cause damage to houses and gardens. On Monday, March 25, in the evening, a female with cubs was shot by the local hunting association.
For Olivier Pressoir, president of the local hunting association, “The wild boars were killed in accordance with the request of the Groix Town Hall and the Departmental Federation of Hunters” he told a regional newspaper Western France. The mayor of Groix, Dominique Yvon, denied the information. The councilor assured that he did not give “the order is to kill” although he considers the presence of wild pigs to be “unpleasant”, especially “on an island of 14 km²”. Dominique Yvon added to the regional newspaper that he was still in talks with the prefecture before the slaughter to make a decision on the fate of the mammal family.
At least one garden has already been looted, according to the statement of the deputy mayor and chairman of the hunting association in Western France. But the argument failed to convince the animal side, who were outraged on X (formerly Twitter): “It’s a real war on wild animals! These individuals should have been captured and released elsewhere…”