This blog may help people explore some of the 'hidden' issues involved in certain media treatments of environmental and scientific issues. Using personal digital images, it's also intended to emphasise seasonal (and other) changes in natural history of the Swansea (South Wales) area. The material should help participants in field-based modules and people generally interested in the natural world. The views are wholly those of the author.
Friday, 14 May 2021
The Italian Job
In the village of Le Rughe, near Rome, a woman was reportedly surrounded by a herd of wild boar in a supermarket car park (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/14/wild-boar-corner-woman-in-rome-and-steal-food-shopping). The woman was 'forced' to drop her shopping bags and the boar 'stole' their contents. This event is apparently reigniting debate about human safety from wild animals. The event must have been a frightening experience for the woman (there were 4 adult boar and 2 juveniles). The boar, however, have no concept of ownership. This was, from their point of view, a foraging opportunity for hungry animals. I suspect that the boar were attracted to the supermarket car park by ready access to edible 'waste'. The supermarket could consequently probably do something to make the location less attractive to the boar?
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