1.0Wild Ireland | Wildlife Parkhttps://wildireland.orgKillian McLaughlinhttps://wildireland.org/author/killian/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="PpBiYGLgcv"><a href="https://wildireland.org/our-journal/animal-stories/reintroducing-the-wild-boar/">Reintroducing the wild boar</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://wildireland.org/our-journal/animal-stories/reintroducing-the-wild-boar/embed/#?secret=PpBiYGLgcv" width="600" height="338" title="“Reintroducing the wild boar” — Wild Ireland | Wildlife Park" data-secret="PpBiYGLgcv" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> https://wildireland.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/20230209-killian-053A7468-277.jpg1200900 The Wild Boar is the ancestor of the Domestic Pig. Wild Boar are native to much of Europe and North Africa. Several subspecies occur and can be found from Europe across Russia, Asia and even in Japan.  Hybrids with domestic pigs have been introduced to Australia and North America where they are considered pests