![Five wild boars outside a pub in Cinderford, Gloucestershire. Five wild boars were spotted outside Golden Lion - a local pub in Cinderford, Gloucestershire. Landlady Nikki Norman explained that it is 'quite normal' for the animals to roam around town due to its proximity to Forest of Dean - where they are populated. She said: "[Costumers] love it - they think it is really great." Boar were hunted to extinction 700 years ago, but became established again in the Forest in the 1990s.](https://www.rossgazette.com/tindle-static/image/2024/10/08/20/34/five-wild-boars-1258201.jpeg?trim=1036,0,707,0&width=669&height=445&crop=669:445)
FIVE wild boars were spotted 'on a night out' – strolling past a town centre pub.
The feral pigs were seen trotting near The Golden Lion in Cinderford, Glos, and captured on film.
Britain has a burgeoning boar population in the Forest of Dean – where one man had his finger bitten off by one.
The pigs there have been attacking pets, dog walkers and have even learned when bin day is – so they can come into urban areas and rummage for food.
Landlady Nikki Norman explained that it is 'quite normal' for the animals to roam around town due to its proximity to Forest of Dean – where they are populated.
She said: "Costumers love it - they think it is really great."
Last June, a posse of at least 13 wild piglets and two adult boar brought traffic to a standstill when they crossed a Forest road.
Video captured by Mike Powell showed two grown boar herding the youngsters – known as humbugs because of their distinctive colouring – across a road near Viney Hill.
The population of feral boar in the Forest of Dean and the Wye Valley reached up to 1,600 some five years ago before culling curbed the population explosion.
According to Forestry England, the Forest of Dean is an "ideal habitat for feral wild boar", which can stand up to 80cm at the shoulder and normally weigh between 60–100kg.
Piglets are a lighter ginger-brown, with stripes on their coat for camouflage, hence the nickname.
It is estimated that around 650 boar now live in the Wyedean area, with regular culls carried out by Forestry England to control numbers.
Wild boar were were hunted to extinction at least 300-years ago, but the Forest population established itself in woodlands near Ross-on-Wye after escaping from a wild boar farm during the 1990s.
In 2004, a group of around 60 farm-reared animals were also dumped in an illegal release close to the village of Staunton between Monmouth and Coleford.
By 2009 the two populations had merged and a breeding population was thriving.
For more information visit: https://www.forestryengland.uk/article/wild-boar-the-forest-dean