Just happened to read this thread as it caught my eye. We (UK folk) have been separated from Boar by some considerable amount of time now. Re-education is key here. They have been re-introduced, and have escaped too, and this is something that we have to learn more about through encounter, and through exchange of information with countries who already have an established population.
The idea of culls abhors me completely.
I would disagree with (but understand completely) the comment that your back garden does not count as "surroundings". The only difference between one's garden and the countryside is whatever boundary one has erected to keep the wilds out. Britain as an island is a single landscape and we occupy part of it. If our boundary isn't high enough and robust enough to keep out whatever might be out there, then nature will find a way into our gardens. Our garden is a part of the british landscape, try telling the blackbirds and blue tits not to come in. They won't listen. We either need to increase the integrity of our boundaries, or deal with the consequences.
I questioned myself on this as to what I would do if a wild boar (or someone's dog, or a fox, cat, angry person etc entered my garden and was threatening my daughter's well being. The answer: I would do what I could to get rid of it from my garden and to save my daughter from harm, if that meant causing it harm or even killing it - so be it. That's nature at it's best. We should get on with living our life and deal with the challenges as they arise. To attempt to control nature to any significant level is just arrogance in my view. We can't do it. Long after us humans have vanished from the face of the Earth (and we will vanish), life on earth will continue for many billions of years until the planet itself dies. Killing a few thousand boar here, and a few hundred cormorants there, and a couple of hundred badgers somewhere else, is short-sighted and unlikely to succeed.
It's a very interesting and emotive topic, and I'd like to know if anyone else out there shares the longer term vision that I do.
Anyone agree/disagree? Be interested to hear either way.