Wild boars rampage through village
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A pack of wild boars fleeing hunters  went on a two-hour rampage through a small southern German  village, biting people and damaging cars and shops.
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First it was foxes, then it was squirrels. Now it is the turn of deer to start invading Britain's towns and cities.
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By Robert Brooks  The Duke of Northumberland's plan to build homes on a swathe of ancient farmland has sparked a revolt in the surrounding parish.
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People in the Cornish village of Boscastle are trying to protect their properties from flooding.
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SAN RAFAEL, Calif. - Firefighters rescued dozens of squealing pigs Sunday night as they extinguished a fire in a pig sty near a garbage dump.  Two piglets died, while dozens of others were rescued in the fire.
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By Frank Urquhart  A MAJOR crackdown on the "barbaric" and illegal sport of hare coursing has been identified as one of the main priorities for a pioneering taskforce, established to combat wildlife crime in the north-east of Scotland.
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LONDON  - Tens of thousands of hunters and their hounds raced through the countryside on horseback Saturday, opening a fox-hunting season that could be one of Britain's last.
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MELBOURNE, Fla. - All over one suburban subdivision, wild pigs have left their mark.  There was a dead cat. Ruth Strahosky's lawn was shredded when she was on vacation.
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Japan is preparing to mobilise troops to deal with wild animals such as boars, bears and monkeys.
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A man escaped unscathed after a wild boar chased him around a hospital parking lot in southwestern Poland, a news agency reported Thursday.
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Heightened fears that potentially devastating livestock disease is spreading.
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The earth hasn't stopped shaking in the tsunami-battered Andaman and Nicobar islands because a giant boar-like animal that slept below has been turning on its sides.
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Three people are injured in a series of stabbings in a village in County Tyrone, according to police.
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JAKARTA, Indonesia - Muslims armed with machetes attacked several pig farms in Indonesia, slaughtering around 20 swine they claimed were giving of "offensive" odors, The Jakarta Post reported Thursday.
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In  celebration of the Year of the Boar (or Golden Pig) the Lion dance, right , is performed by members of the Rhode Island Association of Chinese American Kung Fu Club. In the traditional dance, performers mimic the animals movements whilw wearing a lion costume.
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Science & environment: Demand for food in refugee camps is leading to an unprecedented massacre of local wildlife, new reports claim. Stuart Coles investigates
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COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh  - Wild elephants straying into a Bangladesh village killed a man, injured another and trampled several homes on Saturday, forest officials said.