wild boar

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If you should happen to dream up a scene in which a man runs screaming around the jungle with a wild boar strapped to his head, he’s the obvious pick to pull it off.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025

"Where we have problems, and where everyone in Europe has problems, is with the wild boar population, because there is overpopulation," said Higuera.

From Barron's • Dec. 2, 2025

Drafted into Margo’s world, Sophie is soon shooting skeet, and then, having bought her own guns, wild boar.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 21, 2025

A wild boar unknowingly ventures too close to the tigress, unaware of the imminent danger.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2025

“Our Lord Nemmerle has his raven, and songs say the Red Mage of Ark led a wild boar on a gold chain. But I never heard of any sorcerer keeping a rat in his hood!”

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin