Wild Boar have recently re-established themselves in the UK, particularly in Southern England. This has been as a direct result of poor security on wild boar farms due to varying interpretations of fencing specifications by Local Authoities charged with administering the Dangerous Wild Animals Act.  Some Local Authorities have ignored the skills of these highly intelligent animals in planning an escape from enclosures.  Alladale Wilderness Reserve is one of only a few examples where wild boar have been released into secure enclosures and used as conservation tools to break up rank vegetation to aid tree regeneration.

Boar are the ultimate omnivores eating anything and everything that they can root up. Using their noses to root up vegetation, they are able to eat tubers, insects, rodents, frogs and fruits.