If it didn't would we still have them? Boars have been around for a long long time. The habitats are still there, the boars wouldn't be if the habitat wasn't
Your experience only covers a tiny percentage of time. No such observations can be used to say whats good or bad for the forest in the long run. You are also a country boy, and country folk take a dim view on anything which could threaten or damage their livelyhood. Its the same here. But that doesn't mean that which countryfolk dislike, is bad. We cause more damage than anything, the UK was entirely covered by forest 5000 years ago, now look at it. If it was just boars populating our small island, i bet the forests would still be there, the wolves, bears, lions, auroch, beaver etc would still be there.
On the bright side, many species we persecuted into oblivion are now bouncing back strongly. Otters are thriving. Red Kites will eventually reclaim the whole of the British Isles, including the cities. Beavers have been re-introduced and are doing well.
Modern civilisation can't be blamed for the absence of lions in Europe though. They were wiped out by the Romans, who captured them in order to send them to be slaughtered for the entertainment of the masses. The more dangerous the beast, the more highly it was prized by the Romans.
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